Where does “sessile” come from?

Sessile comes from Latin sessilis, from the past participle sessus of sedere, meaning to sit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sed-.

sessile (English): Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to...

Definitions

  1. Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to...

Ancestry of “sessile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsessilissuitable as a seat; that is low-growing; dwarf;...
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “sessile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin sessilis →