Where does “sedate” come from?

Sedate comes from Latin sedatus, the past participle of sedare meaning to calm or settle, derived from sedere meaning to sit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sed- meaning to sit.

sedate (English): Remaining composed and dignified, and avoiding...

Definitions

  1. Remaining composed and dignified, and avoiding...

Ancestry of “sedate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsedatusallayed, calmed, appeased; ended
2LatinsedoI allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease;...
3Latinsedeōto sit, to be seated
4Proto-Italicsedēōsit, be sitting, be seated
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “sedate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Italic sedēō →Every word from Latin sedeō →