Sitter
/ˈsɪtər/noun
A person or thing that sits, or a person who poses or is photographed.
Did you know?In English, *sitter* is just an agent noun from *sit*, but the deeper root behind *sit* goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sed-* (“to sit”), which also gave us words like *sedentary* and *president*—literally, someone who “sits before” others.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sed-
“to sit, settle down”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*sitjaną
“to sit”
Old English
OE
sittan
“to sit, remain seated”
Middle English
ME
sittere
“one who sits; one who remains seated”
Modern English
English
sitter
“one who sits; a person posed for a portrait or photograph”