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Where does “eran” come from?

eran (Galician) comes from Galician ser, from Old Portuguese seer, from Latin sedere, from Latin sedo, from Latin sedeō, from Proto-Italic sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.

eran (Galician): third-person plural imperfect indicative of ser

Definitions

  1. third-person plural imperfect indicative of ser

Ancestry of “eran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianserto be; first-person singular personal infinitive...
2Old Portugueseseerto be
3Latinsederesecond-person singular present passive...
4LatinsedoI allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease;...
5Latinsedeō—
6Proto-Italicsedēōsit, be sitting, be seated
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-—
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