Seditious
/sɪˈdɪʃəs/noun
Tending to provoke or incite rebellion against authority or a government.
Did you know?It comes from Latin roots tied to “going apart” or “separating,” and its history is wrapped in the language of political fracture rather than magic, though it later became a powerful label for dangerous speech.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sed-
“to sit”
Latin
Latin
sēdō / sēdĭtio
“to settle; a dissension or civil uprising”
Late Latin
Latin
sēditiōsus
“full of sedition; rebellious”
Old French
Old French
seditieux
“seditious, inciting rebellion”
Middle English
English
seditious
“inciting resistance to lawful authority”
Modern English
English
seditious
“tending to stir up rebellion against authority”