Where does “sedan” come from?

Sedan comes from Italian sede, from Latin sedes meaning seat or dwelling place, derived from Latin sedeo meaning to sit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sed-.

sedan (English): An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single...

Definitions

  1. An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single...

Ancestry of “sedan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansedevenue; see; branch
2Latinsēdēsseat, chair
3Latinsedeōto sit, to be seated
4Proto-Italicsedēōsit, be sitting, be seated
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “sedan”

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