sedate

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 244 words | Copyright

sedate adj. XVII. — L. sēdātus, pp. of sēdāre settle, assuage, calm, f. *sēd- *sed-, as in sedēre SIT; see -ATE2.
So sedation XVI. — F. or L. sedative adj. XV; sb. XVIII. — (O)F. or medL.

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