Where does “sete” come from?

sete (Interlingua) comes from Portuguese sede, from Latin sēdēs, from Latin sedeō, from Proto-Italic sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

sete (Interlingua): thirst

Definitions

  1. thirst

Ancestry of “sete”, step by step

sete traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese sede

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesedethirst; thirst; craving; headquarters; seat
2Latinsēdēsseat, chair
3Latinsedeōto sit, to be seated
4Proto-Italicsedēōsit, be sitting, be seated
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

via Italian sete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansetethirst; plural of seta
2Latinsitisthirst; second-person plural present active...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰítisdecay; destruction; perishing, destruction,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰey-to decline; to perish

via Spanish sed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsedthirst
2Old Spanishsed—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Italic sedēō →Every word from Latin sedeō →