Sit
/sɪt/noun
To rest with the body supported by the buttocks or lower body.
Did you know?“Sit” is one of those ultra-ancient everyday words that survives from the earliest layers of Indo-European speech, showing how basic body-language words can stay almost unchanged for thousands of years.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sed-
“to sit, settle down”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*sitjaną
“to sit”
Old English
English
sittan
“to sit, remain seated”
Middle English
English
sitten
“to sit”
Modern English
English
sit
“to rest in a seated position”