Etymology

presidente

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Spanish presidente ← Latin praesidentem ← Proto-Italic *sedēō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sedéh₁yeti
  9. Proto-Italic*sedēō
  10. Latinsedeō
  11. Latinpraesideō
  12. Latinpraesidentem
  13. Spanishpresidente
  14. English todaypresidente

Borrowed from Spanish presidente (“president”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.