settle

settle · verb¹

1. Old English · derived fromsaht
2. Old English · inherited fromsahtlian
3. Middle English · inherited fromsahtlen
4. Old English · derived fromsetl“seat”
5. Old English · inherited fromsetlan“to settle, seat, put to rest”
6. Middle English · inherited fromsetlen
7. English todaysettle

From a merger of two verbs: * Middle English setlen, from Old English setlan (“to settle, seat, put to rest”), from Old English setl (“seat”) (compare Dutch zetelen (“to be established, settle”)) and * Middle English sahtlen, seihtlen (“to reconcile, calm, subside”), from Old English sahtlian, ġesehtlian (“to reconcile”), from Old English saht, seht (“settlement, agreement, reconciliation, peace”) (see saught, -le). German siedeln (“to settle”) is related to the former of the two verbs, but is not an immediate cognate of either of them.

settle · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sed-lo-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*setlaz“a seat; arm-chair”
3. Old English · inherited fromsetl“that upon which one sits, a seat, a settle, a place to sit”
4. Middle English · inherited fromsettle
5. English todaysettle

From Middle English settle, setle, setel, setil, seotel, from Old English setl (“that upon which one sits, a seat, a settle, a place to sit”), from Proto-Germanic *setlaz (“a seat; arm-chair”), representing Proto-Indo-European *sed-lo-, from *sed- (“sit”). Cognate with Dutch zetel, German Sessel, Latin sella.

Settle · proper noun³

1. Old English · derived fromsetl“sitting, residence”
2. English todaySettle

From Old English setl (“sitting, residence”).

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