## Meanings
1. Remaining as a small amount after most of something has gone.
2. A small amount that is left over at the end of a process.
3. A payment made to a performer or writer each time their work is shown again.

## Examples
- There was still some residual heat in the oven an hour after it was switched off.
- After all the deductions, only a tiny residual was added to her account.
- He still earns residuals from a commercial he filmed years ago.

## Derived Forms
- pseudoresidual

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: residu
- Root: residuum

## Etymology
Recorded since 1570. From residue, itself borrowed during the Middle English period from Old French residu (Modern French résidu), from Latin residuum (“a remainder”), the neuter inflection of residuus (“remaining, left over”), perfect participle of resideō (“to remain behind”), from re- (“back, again”) + sedeō (“to sit, to reside”).

## AI Etymology
Residual is recorded since 1570. It is from residue, itself borrowed during the Middle English period from Old French residu (Modern French résidu), from Latin residuum (“a remainder”), the neuter inflection of residuus (“remaining, left over”), perfect participle of resideō (“to remain behind”), from re- (“back, again”) + sedeō (“to sit, to reside”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include residu (Old French) and residuum (Latin). Current senses include remaining as a small amount after most of something has gone and a small amount that is left over at the end of a process. The wider family includes derived forms such as pseudoresidual.

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