English
session
Session comes from Old French session ‘sitting’, from Latin sessiō ‘a sitting’, from sedeō ‘to sit’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-éh₁-ye-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sedēō‘to sit’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedeō‘sit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsessiō‘a sitting’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400session‘sitting’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500session
- Englishearliest quotation 1859session
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-éh₁-ye-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sedēō‘to sit’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedeō‘sit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsessiō‘a sitting’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400session‘sitting’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500session
- Englishearliest quotation 1859session
Earliest quotation: 1859, Alfred Tennyson, Vivien: “But Vivien, gathering somewhat of his mood, / And…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, method, sell, chair, sitting, sit, seat, settle, niche, nest, saddle, exodus, possess, subsidy, nye, prasad, cathode, soot, anode, setter, beset, sate, chaise, ersatz, salo, nidal, nias, besiege, polyhedron, 83 more
through Proto-Italic *sedēō ‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’
assessor, presidente, assize, 26 more
through Latin sedeō ‘sit’
president, size, resident, siege, assess, sedan, sediment, reside, residual, residue, sedentary, insidious, sedative, dissident, sedate, possessive, séance, obsess, seance, presidium, presidio, 28 more
Today it means
noun A period of time devoted to a particular activity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sed- / session