Where does “reședință” come from?
reședință (Romanian) comes from French résidence, from Middle French residence, from Old French residence, from Latin residentia, from Latin residēns, from Latin resido, from Latin sido, from Proto-Italic sizdō — to sit.
reședință (Romanian): residence, habitation, dwelling, abode
Definitions
- residence, habitation, dwelling, abode
Ancestry of “reședință”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | résidence | residence |
| 2 | Middle French | residence | residence (place where one resides) |
| 3 | Old French | residence | residence (place where one resides) |
| 4 | Latin | residentia | nominative neuter plural of residēns; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | residēns | residing, abiding, tarrying, lingering |
| 6 | Latin | resido | I sit, I settle in a place; I abate, I subside |
| 7 | Latin | sido | I sit down, I seat oneself, I settle; I sink... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | sizdō | sit, settle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sísdeti | to be sitting down |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |