Where does “seer” come from?
seer (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin sedere, from Latin sedo, from Latin sedeō, from Proto-Italic sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.
seer (Old Portuguese): to be
Ancestry of “seer”, step by step
seer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin sedere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | sedere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 2 | Latin | sedo | I allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease;... |
| 3 | Latin | sedeō | to sit, to be seated |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sedēō | sit, be sitting, be seated |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |
via Latin sum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | sum | to be, exist, have; to be there; to go |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | ezom | to be |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |
Words derived from “seer”