Where does “siege” come from?
I need to work through this etymology chain carefully, but I notice there are significant problems with the data provided.
The chain shows:
- Middle English sege → Old English seċġ → Proto-Germanic sagjaz → Proto-Indo-European sak- → Latin -culus → Proto-Indo-European sed- (repeated three times)
This chain is incoherent. It jumps from PIE sak- to Latin -culus (a diminutive suffix, not a root) and then to sed-, which doesn't explain how "siege" develops from these elements. The repetition of sed- three times suggests data corruption.
Additionally, the actual etymology of "siege" involves Old French *siege/siège (meaning seat, from Latin sedēs, from sed- "to sit"), which would trace differently than what's shown here.
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siege (English): "Military action."; "A seat."; A place with a...
Definitions
- "Military action."; "A seat."; A place with a...
Ancestry of “siege”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | sege | A siege; an attack or assault on a walled city; A... |
| 2 | Old French | sege | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | sedicum | — |
| 4 | Latin | sedem | accusative singular of sēdēs |
Words derived from “siege”