Where does “sedating” come from?
Sedating comes from English sedate, derived from Latin sedatus, the past participle of sedare meaning to calm or settle, ultimately from Latin sedere meaning to sit, rooted in Proto-Indo-European sed- meaning to sit.
sedating (English): present participle of sedate
Definitions
- present participle of sedate
Ancestry of “sedating”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sedate | Remaining composed and dignified, and avoiding... |
| 2 | Latin | sedatus | allayed, calmed, appeased; ended |
| 3 | Latin | sedo | I allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease;... |
| 4 | Latin | sedeō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sedēō | sit, be sitting, be seated |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |
Words derived from “sedating”