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reside
/rɪˈzaɪd/Live or stay in a place
From Latin re- (back) + Latin sedere (to sit).
from Old French resider (15c.) and directly
+1 more sourcefrom Old French resider (15c.) and directly
+1 more sourcefrom Middle English residen
from Old French resider (15c.) and directly
+1 more sourcefrom Old French resider (15c.) and directly
+1 more sourcefrom Middle English residen
from Old French resider (15c.) and directly
+1 more sourcefrom Middle English residen
from Old French resider (15c.) and directly
+1 more sourceWord Ancestry
from Old French resider (15c.) and directly
+1 more sourcefrom Old French resider (15c.) and directly
+1 more sourcefrom Middle English residen
from Old French resider (15c.) and directly
+1 more sourcefrom Old French resider (15c.) and directly
+1 more sourcefrom Middle English residen
from Old French resider (15c.) and directly
+1 more sourcefrom Middle English residen
from Old French resider (15c.) and directly
+1 more sourceThis one is basically a chair with a passport. Romans built residere out of re- (“back”) and sedere (“to sit”), so the image is not glamorous: sit back, stay put, don’t wander off. That same sitting root shows up in sedentary, session, preside, and even consul, the magistrate who, in the old Roman world, literally had to sit in authority. By the time French writers handed resider to English in the late 1400s, the verb had shed the chair but kept the stillness. Funny thing: every time you say someone “resides” somewhere, you’re echoing a Latin command to park yourself and remain behind.
The Story
This one is basically a chair with a passport. Romans built residere out of re- (“back”) and sedere (“to sit”), so the image is not glamorous: sit back, stay put, don’t wander off. That same sitting root shows up in sedentary, session, preside, and even consul, the magistrate who, in the old Roman world, literally had to sit in authority. By the time French writers handed resider to English in the late 1400s, the verb had shed the chair but kept the stillness. Funny thing: every time you say someone “resides” somewhere, you’re echoing a Latin command to park yourself and remain behind.
Kin & Kindred
From 're-'·back, again; in the matter of
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From 'sedere'·to sit
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