Etymology

seston

S1E1S1T1O1N1

Today it means: All particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas, including plankton, organic detritus, and inorganic material. Full definition →

German Seston
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  1. German · borrowed fromSeston
  2. English todayseston

From German Seston, by surface analysis, Ancient Greek σηστός (sēstós, “sifter”, verbal adjective of σήθω (sḗthō, “I strain, filter”)) + -on. Compare plankton.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.