Where does “sedum” come from?
sedum (English) comes from Middle English cedum, from Latin sedum, from Latin sedes, from Latin -es, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.
sedum (English): Any of various succulent plants, of the genus...
Definitions
- Any of various succulent plants, of the genus...
Ancestry of “sedum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cedum | — |
| 2 | Latin | sedum | The houseleek; genitive plural of sēdēs |
| 3 | Latin | sedes | seat, chair; place, residence, settlement,... |
| 4 | Latin | -es | used to form a third-declension feminine abstract... |
| 5 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |