English
fixosessile
From fix + -o- + sessile.
Formed from fix + -o- + sessile
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- ‘to jab’
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Latin fīxus ‘immovable’
Old French fix ‘fastened’
Old French *fixer
Middle English fixen
English fix
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
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Proto-Italic *sedēō ‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’
Latin sedeō ‘to sit’
Latin sessus ‘a sit, sitting’
Latin sessilis ‘sitting’
English sessile
Today it means
noun An organism that attaches firmly (fixes) to a surface (sessile), forming permanent, immobile colonies or individuals, like certain corals, brachiopods, or rotifers that anchor themselves to rocks or plants.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fixosessile