sed / sid / sess
to sit; to settle
Latin · sedere / sessus
Latin sedere means to sit. A president sits at the head, a resident settles in a place, a session is a sitting, and sediment settles at the bottom.
Memory trick
Sed: a person sits on a seat at the end of a long day.
Words from this root
- assess (as + sess) — to sit by and judge valueमूल्यांकन करना
- assiduous (as + sid + uous) — sitting hard at work, diligentपरिश्रमी, लगनशील
- dissident (dis + sid + ent) — one who sits apart in opinionअसहमत व्यक्ति, विरोधी
- insidious (in + sid + ious) — sitting in wait, slyछलपूर्ण, कपटी
- obsession (ob + sess + ion) — a thought that sits over the mindसनक, जुनून
- possess (pos + sess) — to sit as master, ownअधिकार में रखना
- possession (pos + sess + ion) — a thing one ownsसंपत्ति, क़ब्ज़े की चीज़
- preside (pre + side) — to sit in front and leadअध्यक्षता करना
- president (pre + sid + ent) — a person who sits at the headराष्ट्रपति, अध्यक्ष
- reside (re + side) — to settle in a placeनिवास करना
- resident (re + sid + ent) — a person who lives in a placeनिवासी
- sedentary (sed + ent + ary) — sitting much, inactiveबैठे रहने वाला, निष्क्रिय
- sediment (sed + i + ment) — matter that settles at the bottomतलछट
- session (sess + ion) — a sitting, a meetingसत्र, बैठक
- subside (sub + side) — to sit down, to become calmशांत होना, धँसना