Where does “sad” come from?

Sad comes from Middle English sad, Old English sæd, Proto-Germanic sēdiz, and Proto-Indo-European seh₂-, ultimately from the root seh₁-.

sad (English): "Emotionally negative."; Sated, having had one's...

Definitions

  1. "Emotionally negative."; Sated, having had one's...

Ancestry of “sad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsadsated, weary having had enough
2Old Englishsædfull, sated; weary; seed
3Proto-West Germanic*sād—
4Proto-Germanicsēdizseed
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “sad”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- →