Where does “withsitten” come from?
withsitten (Middle English) comes from Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.
withsitten (Middle English): to resist
Ancestry of “withsitten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | sitten | to sit |
| 2 | Old English | sittan | to sit |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *sittjan | — |
Words derived from “withsitten”