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Where does “residu” come from?

residu (Old French) comes from Latin residuum, from Latin residuus, from Latin resideō, from Latin sedeō, from Proto-Italic sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.

Ancestry of “residu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinresiduumnominative neuter singular of residuus;...
2Latinresiduusremaining; residuary; persisting, surviving
3Latinresideō—
4Latinsedeō—
5Proto-Italicsedēōsit, be sitting, be seated
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-—

Words derived from “residu”

  • residual
  • residue
  • residually
  • multiresidue
  • residuality
  • nonresidual
  • interresidue
  • intraresidue
  • nonresidue
  • residueless
  • coresidual
  • phosphoresidue
  • interresidual
  • residue
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