Where does “sentado” come from?
sentado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese sentar, from Old Portuguese sentar, from Vulgar Latin sedento, from Latin sedēns, from Latin sedeō, from Proto-Italic sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.
sentado (Portuguese): seated; sitting
Ancestry of “sentado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | sentar | to seat; to sit; to twerk |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | sentar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | sedento | third-person plural future active imperative of... |
| 4 | Latin | sedēns | — |
| 5 | Latin | sedeō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sedēō | sit, be sitting, be seated |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |