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

  1. present participle of sedate

Ancestry of “sedating”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsedateRemaining composed and dignified, and avoiding...
2Latinsedatusallayed, calmed, appeased; ended
3LatinsedoI allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease;...
4Latinsedeōto sit, to be seated
5Proto-Italicsedēōsit, be sitting, be seated
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “sedating”

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