Where does “siejar” come from?
siejar (Ido) comes from Italian assediare, from Medieval Latin assediare, from Latin obsidere, from Latin obsideo, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
siejar (Ido): to besiege, lay siege to, invest
Definitions
- to besiege, lay siege to, invest
Ancestry of “siejar”, step by step
siejar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian assediare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | assediare | to besiege, to lay siege to; to beset, to... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | assediare | — |
| 3 | Latin | obsidere | present active infinitive of obsideō;... |
| 4 | Latin | obsideo | I sit, remain, abide, stay; I frequent, haunt,... |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via French assiéger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | assiéger | to besiege; to lay siege to |
| 2 | French | a- | A prefix forming words, especially verbs, that... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |