Where does “сеанс” come from?
сеанс (Russian) comes from French séance, from French séant, from French seoir, from Middle French seoir, from Old French seoir, from Old French sedeir, from Latin sedeō, from Proto-Italic sedēō.
сеанс (Russian): session, sitting, show , séance
Definitions
- session, sitting, show , séance
Ancestry of “сеанс”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | séance | session |
| 2 | French | séant | present participle of seoir; sejant; sitting |
| 3 | French | seoir | to be suitable for; to be proper for; to be... |
| 4 | Middle French | seoir | to be; to be situated; to sit down |
| 5 | Old French | seoir | to sit; to sit down |
| 6 | Old French | sedeir | Alternative form of seoir |
| 7 | Latin | sedeō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | sedēō | sit, be sitting, be seated |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |