sessile
The origin and history of sessile.
Etymology
Traces back to Latin sessilis ("sitting"), from sessus, the perfect passive participle of the verb sedeō ("to sit"), with the adjective suffix -ilis added. Compare session.
The origin and history of sessile.
Traces back to Latin sessilis ("sitting"), from sessus, the perfect passive participle of the verb sedeō ("to sit"), with the adjective suffix -ilis added. Compare session.
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