Where does “residence” come from?
Residence comes from Old French residence, from Latin residentia, the nominalized form using Latin -ia (from Ancient Greek -ία) affixed to Latin re- combined with the root meaning "to sit" from Proto-Indo-European sed-.
residence (English): The place where one lives; one's home; A building...
Definitions
- The place where one lives; one's home; A building...
Ancestry of “residence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | residence | residence (place where one resides) |
| 2 | Latin | residentia | nominative neuter plural of residēns; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | residēns | residing, abiding, tarrying, lingering |
| 4 | Latin | resido | I sit, I settle in a place; I abate, I subside |
| 5 | Latin | sido | I sit down, I seat oneself, I settle; I sink... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sizdō | sit, settle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sísdeti | to be sitting down |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |