Etymology of the English word siege
the English word
siegederived from the Old French word
segederived from the Latin root
*sedicumderived from the Latin root
*sedicarederived from the Classical Latin word
sedere (sit, remain; settle)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sed-Date
The earliest known usage of siege in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
Siege Perilous,
besiegeCognates
French
siège, Italian
seggioUsage
Word found in Modern English
