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Where does “senta” come from?

senta (Galician) comes from Galician sentar, from Old Portuguese sentar, from Vulgar Latin sedento, from Latin sedēns, from Latin sedeō, from Proto-Italic sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.

senta (Galician): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “senta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciansentarto seat; to seat; to set down; to sit down
2Old Portuguesesentar—
3Vulgar Latinsedentothird-person plural future active imperative of...
4Latinsedēns—
5Latinsedeō—
6Proto-Italicsedēōsit, be sitting, be seated
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-—
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