Where does “for” come from?
for (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-.
for (Galician): first/third-person singular future subjunctive of...
Definitions
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of...
Ancestry of “for”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | ser | to be; first-person singular personal infinitive... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | seer | to be |
| 3 | Latin | sedere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 4 | Latin | sedo | I allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease;... |
| 5 | Latin | sedeō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sedēō | sit, be sitting, be seated |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |