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Where does “sentar” come from?

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

sentar (Galician): to seat; to seat; to set down; to sit down

Definitions

  1. to seat; to seat; to set down; to sit down

Ancestry of “sentar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesentar—
2Vulgar Latinsedentothird-person plural future active imperative of...
3Latinsedēns—
4Latinsedeō—
5Proto-Italicsedēōsit, be sitting, be seated
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-—

Words derived from “sentar”

  • senta
  • sento
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →