Etymology

sessile

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Today it means: Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about. Full definition →

Latin sessilis
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromsessilis“sitting”
  2. English todaysessile

From Latin sessilis (“sitting”), from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sedeō (“to sit”), + adjective suffix -ilis. Compare session.

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