nonresident
/nɒnˈɹezədənt/non-REH-zuh-duhnt
/nɑnˈɹɛzədənt/nahn-REH-zuh-duhnt
Meaningnot sitting back; not staying
Common meaning: a person whose home is elsewhere
- nonnot
- reagain; back
- sidto sit; to stayLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1658 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
‘not’ + ‘again’ + ‘to sit’ → nonresident
Journey through time
- Latinsedeō, sēdī, sessum‘to sit’
- Frenchresider
- Englishnonresident‘a person whose home is elsewhere’ · today
non- also in: nonverbalnonchalantnontrivialnonphysicalnonverbally
re- also in: reactrebelrelaxrepelreply
sid also in: reassessassiduousreassessment
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin sedeō ‘to sit; to stay’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry sedeō, p. 1658 · dictionary scan
Roots
- sedeō, sēdī, sessum Latin “to sit; to stay”
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