Etymology

session

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Today it means: A period of time devoted to a particular activity. Full definition →

Middle English session ← Old French session ← Latin sessiō
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session · noun, verb1

  1. Latin · derived fromsessiō“a sitting”
  2. Old French · derived fromsession
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsession
  4. English todaysession

From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”).

Session · proper noun2

Variant of Sessions.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.