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