Sedate

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late Middle English (originally as a medical term meaning ‘not sore or painful’, also ‘calm, tranquil’): from Latin sedatus, past participle of sedare ‘settle’, from sedere ‘sit’.


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From Latin sedatus, past participle of sedare(“to settle”), causative of sedere(“to sit”).


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sedate (adj.)

"calm, quiet," 1660s, from Latin sedatus "composed, moderate, quiet, tranquil," past participle of sedare "to settle, calm," causative of sedere "to sit," from PIE root *sed- (1) "to sit." Related: Sedately.




sedate (v.)

"treat with sedatives," 1945, a back-formation from the noun derivative of sedative (adj.). The word also existed 17c. in a sense "make calm or quiet." Related: Sedated; sedating.