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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sed-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈsɪ.de.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈs̬iː.de.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''resideō''' (present infinitive residēre, perfect active resēdī, supine resessum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[re-]] and [[sedeō]] “to sit”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨sedeō⟩ to the stative [[ine-pro|*sed-eh₁-|t=to be seated]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of something left over from the past.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to remain seated, sit, as in Propertius; to stay in a place as a visitor or settler, and of soldiers to be encamped, as in Cicero; to be left over, persist, as in Plautus; and to squat down or fall back, as in Pliny the Elder.^(OLD 2012) The OLD notes that many forms may belong either to it or to ''resīdō''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ It survives in Italian ''risiedere'' and Spanish ''residir'', and gave [[en|reside]] in the late 15th century, “to remain at a place”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Its present participle gave [[en|resident]] and [[en|residence]].^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of what persists.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of staying in a place.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 15th century – English ''reside'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To remain seated.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To stay, [[m|en|reside]]; to be encamped.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To remain, persist.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To sink back, subside.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[reses]]
+ * [[residuus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[assideō]]
+ * [[circumsedeō]]
+ * [[dēsideō]]
+ * [[dissideō]]
+ * [[īnsideō]]
+ * [[obsideō]]
+ * [[persedeō]]
+ * [[possideō]]
+ * [[praesideō]]
+ * [[sedeō]]
+ * [[resīdō]]
+ * [[en|reside]]
+ * [[en|resident]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}