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Where does “asiento” come from?

asiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish asentar, from Spanish sentar, from Latin sedentāre, from Latin sedēns, from Latin sedeō, from Proto-Italic sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.

asiento (Spanish): seat; sediment, deposit; treaty, pact

Definitions

  1. seat; sediment, deposit; treaty, pact

Ancestry of “asiento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishasentarto settle; to set up; to settle; to secure; to...
2Spanishsentarto seat; to set, to establish, to lay; to sit...
3Latinsedentāre—
4Latinsedēns—
5Latinsedeō—
6Proto-Italicsedēōsit, be sitting, be seated
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-—

Words derived from “asiento”

  • assiento
  • asentista
  • cubreasientos
  • асьенто
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