Etymograph

English

sedes

Sedes comes from Latin sēdēs ‘seat’, from sedeō ‘to sit’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-1‘to sit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-éh₁-ye-ti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sedēō1‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedeō2‘to sit’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēdēs3‘seat’
  6. Englishtodaysedes3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sedeo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin sedes
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English sedes

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-Wiktionary, Latin sedeo‘to sit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-éh₁-ye-tiWiktionary, Latin sedeoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sedēōWiktionary, Latin sedeo‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedeōWiktionary, Latin sedes‘to sit’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēdēsWiktionary, English sedes‘seat’
  6. EnglishtodaysedesWiktionary, English sedes

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

set, sit, sitting, method, chair, sell, seat, settle, niche, saddle, nest, exodus, subsidy, possess, nye, prasad, soot, cathode, setter, sate, anode, beset, chaise, ersatz, salo, besiege, nidal, nias, polyhedron, 79 more

through Proto-Italic *sedēō ‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’

possession, obsession, assessor, assize, presidente, 22 more

through Latin sedeō ‘to sit’

size, president, session, resident, assess, residual, residue, insidious, reside, sediment, dissident, possessive, sedative, sedentary, presidio, obsess, sedate, presidium, seance, sessile, 26 more

through Latin sēdēs ‘seat’

siege, sedan

Today it means

noun The position a word or phrase occupies within the meter.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sedes”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin sedeo, Latin sedes. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sed- / sedes

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