siege
English
/siːdʒ/
noun
Definitions
- (heading) Military action.
- (heading) A seat.
- (obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sege derived from Old French sege derived from Latin *sēdicum, sēdicŭlum, sēdēs (seat, chair) root from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (sit).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sed-
Gloss
sit
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- assiduous English
- besiege English
- besiegement English
- besieger English
- besiegeth English
- coresident English
- insidious English
- mentality English
- nonresident English
- obsess English
- sedate English
- sedentary English
- sessile English
- setting English
- siege mentality English
- siegecraft English
- siegeless English
- siegelike English
- siegework English
- work English
- *sēdicum Latin
- assessus Latin
- dissidēns Latin
- obsidēre Latin
- possessus Latin
- residentia Latin
- resideō Latin
- residēns Latin
- sedecula Latin
- sedes Latin
- sella Latin
- sessiō Latin
- sum Latin
- sēdicŭlum Latin
- sēdēs Latin
- Satz German
- Sitzkrieg German
- assediamento Italian
- assediante Italian
- assediato Italian
- assediatore Italian
- assedio Italian
- zetelen Dutch, Flemish
- assiéger French
- садить Russian
- καθέζομαι Ancient Greek
- καθίζω Ancient Greek
- καθιζάνω Ancient Greek
- προσκαθέζομαι Ancient Greek
- ἕδρα Ancient Greek
- ἱζάνω Ancient Greek
- *gʷṓws Proto-Indo-European
- *nisdós Proto-Indo-European
- *písdeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- *sedstós, *sedtós Proto-Indo-European
- *sod-, *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- *sod-dʰlo- Proto-Indo-European
- *sod-tló- Proto-Indo-European
- *sod-tlō- Proto-Indo-European
- *sodos Proto-Indo-European
- *sodyom Proto-Indo-European
- *sodéyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *stísteh₂ti Proto-Indo-European
- *sédos Proto-Indo-European
- *sédyeti, *séd-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *sí-sd-e-ti, *sísdeti Proto-Indo-European
- *sísdeti Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European
- *bisatjaną Proto-Germanic
- *bisitjaną Proto-Germanic
- *gasitjaną Proto-Germanic
- *sadulaz Proto-Germanic
- *sadulōną Proto-Germanic
- *satjaną Proto-Germanic
- *setiją Proto-Germanic
- *setlaz Proto-Germanic
- *setulaz Proto-Germanic
- *sitjaną Proto-Germanic
- *sētijaną Proto-Germanic
- *sētiją Proto-Germanic
- *sētō Proto-Germanic
- *sōtą Proto-Germanic
- sedes Polish
- ansats Norwegian Nynorsk
- avsats Norwegian Nynorsk
- forsats Norwegian Nynorsk
- oppsats Norwegian Nynorsk
- setjar Norwegian Nynorsk
- setjing Norwegian Nynorsk
- sett Norwegian Nynorsk
- settar Norwegian Nynorsk
- setting Norwegian Nynorsk
- सदन Sanskrit
- besegen Middle English
- seegge Middle English
- sege Middle English
- segen Middle English
- seggen Middle English
- seghe Middle English
- seging Middle English
- dómarasæti Old Norse
- seta Old Norse
- setr Old Norse
- sáta Old Norse
- sæta Old Norse
- *saďa Proto-Slavic
- *sedъlo Proto-Slavic
- *sědlo Proto-Slavic
- *sěděti Proto-Slavic
- *sěsti Proto-Slavic
- sege Old French
- setge Catalan, Valencian
- نشستن Persian
- hedd Welsh
- sedd Welsh
- swydd Welsh
- segli Latvian
- ատեան Old Armenian
- siejar Ido
- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍄𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- see Old Portuguese
- *adsodeyeti Proto-Celtic
- *eks-dī-sedo- Proto-Celtic
- *exs-dī-sed Proto-Celtic
- *sedeti Proto-Celtic
- *sistati Proto-Celtic
- *sizdi- Proto-Celtic
- dī-*sedo-, *eks-*dī- Proto-Celtic
- *sedlā Proto-Italic
- *sedēō Proto-Italic
- sėdėti Lithuanian
- *sada Proto-Albanian