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sella.

seat (usu. no back/arms), stool, chair; chair of magistrate/office/teacher; sedan/carrying chair; toilet seat, stool; work-stool; coach/wagon seat; saddle;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈsɛl.la]Classical-Latin[ˈsɛl.la]
  1. seat, chair (one that is moveable unlike a sedīle)

    declension-1 · feminine
  2. A kind of open or enclosed sedan chair

    declension-1 · feminine · historical
  3. saddle

    Late-Latin · declension-1 · feminine
  4. stool

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-leh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sedleh₂ Proto-Italic *sedlā Latin sella From Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-leh₂ from the root *sed- (“to sit”), whence sedeō (“to sit”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕλλᾱ (héllā, “seat”).

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