Other forms: residences
A residence is the place where somebody lives. Take up residence, an official residence, a private residence.
It is the formal word and it does legal work: residence decides tax, voting and access to services in most countries, and it is not the same as domicile or nationality. An artist in residence is attached to a place for a period. Note that the Latin means to sit back or settle.
1nounresidenceThe place where somebody lives.
“The prime minister's official residence is at 10 Downing Street.”
residence is a dwelling.
Also accepted in games: abode
Latin residentia comes from residere, to settle — re plus sedere, to sit. Sedentary and session come from the same sitting.
Proto-Indo-European
*sed-
Medieval Latin
residentia
Old French
residence
Middle English
residence
English, today
residence
Middle English residence, from Old French residence, from Medieval Latin residentia, from residēns, present participle of resideō, equivalent to reside + -ence. a doublet of residencia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA