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Where does “sedentare” come from?

sedentare (Latin) comes from Latin sedēns, from Latin sedeō, from Proto-Italic sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.

Ancestry of “sedentare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsedēns—
2Latinsedeō—
3Proto-Italicsedēōsit, be sitting, be seated
4Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-—
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