residence

English

/ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns/

noun
Definitions
  • The place where one lives; one's home.
  • A building used as a home.
  • The place where a corporation is established.
  • The state of living in a particular place or environment.
  • Accommodation for students at a university or college.
  • The place where anything rests permanently.
  • subsidence, as of a sediment
  • That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
  • (espionage)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French residence derived from Latin residentia root from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (sit).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sed-

Gloss

sit

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