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Where does “sessicare” come from?

sessicare (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin sessus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “sessicare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsessusa sitting
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “sessicare”

  • sossegar
  • sessegar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →