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Especially in geology after 1680s.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1540s">1540s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to sediment">Entries linking to <i>sediment</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of sedimentary" href="/word/sedimentary#etymonline_v_37802">sedimentary<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1760, "pertaining to or of the nature of dregs or sediment; precipitated by gravitation from a liquid;" see <a href="/word/sediment" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sediment " class="crossreference notranslate">sediment</a> + <a href="/word/-ary" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -ary " class="crossreference notranslate">-ary</a>. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Sedimentary rock</strong></span> in geology is that formed by deposition of material previously suspended in water," attested by 1814.</p> <p><span class="foreign notranslate">Sedimental</span> (adj.) "pertaining to dregs" is recorded from c. 1600 and might have lived long enough for a <span class="foreign notranslate">*sedimental journey</span> pun but didn't.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of sedimentation" href="/word/sedimentation#etymonline_v_37803">sedimentation<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"the deposition of sediments," 1845; see <a href="/word/sediment" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sediment " class="crossreference notranslate">sediment</a> + <a href="/word/-ation" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -ation " class="crossreference notranslate">-ation</a>, ending used in forming nouns of action. The uncommon verb <span class="foreign notranslate">sediment</span> is attested only from 1899 and could be a back-formation.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of *sed-" href="/word/*sed-#etymonline_v_52569">*sed-<!-- --> <!-- -->(1)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to sit."</p> <p>It forms all or part of: <a href="/word/assess" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of assess " class="crossreference notranslate">assess</a>; <a href="/word/assiduous" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of assiduous " class="crossreference notranslate">assiduous</a>; <a href="/word/assiento" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of assiento " class="crossreference notranslate">assiento</a>; <a href="/word/assize" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of assize " class="crossreference notranslate">assize</a>; <a href="/word/banshee" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of banshee " class="crossreference notranslate">banshee</a>; <a href="/word/beset" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of beset " class="crossreference notranslate">beset</a>; <a href="/word/cathedra" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cathedra " class="crossreference notranslate">cathedra</a>; <a href="/word/cathedral" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cathedral " class="crossreference notranslate">cathedral</a>; <a href="/word/chair" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of chair " class="crossreference notranslate">chair</a>; <a href="/word/cosset" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cosset " class="crossreference notranslate">cosset</a>; <a href="/word/dissident" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dissident " class="crossreference notranslate">dissident</a>; <a href="/word/dodecahedron" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dodecahedron " class="crossreference notranslate">dodecahedron</a>; <a href="/word/Eisteddfod" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Eisteddfod " class="crossreference notranslate">Eisteddfod</a>; <a href="/word/ephedra" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ephedra " class="crossreference notranslate">ephedra</a>; <a href="/word/ephedrine" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ephedrine " class="crossreference notranslate">ephedrine</a>; <a href="/word/ersatz" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ersatz " class="crossreference notranslate">ersatz</a>; <a href="/word/icosahedron" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of icosahedron " class="crossreference notranslate">icosahedron</a>; <a href="/word/inset" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of inset " class="crossreference notranslate">inset</a>; <a href="/word/insidious" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of insidious " class="crossreference notranslate">insidious</a>; <a href="/word/nest" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of nest " class="crossreference notranslate">nest</a>; <a href="/word/niche" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of niche " class="crossreference notranslate">niche</a>; <a href="/word/nick#etymonline_v_6923" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of nick " class="crossreference notranslate">nick</a> (n.) "notch, groove, slit;" <a href="/word/nidicolous" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of nidicolous " class="crossreference notranslate">nidicolous</a>; <a href="/word/nidification" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of nidification " class="crossreference notranslate">nidification</a>; <a href="/word/nidus" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of nidus " class="crossreference notranslate">nidus</a>; <a href="/word/obsess" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of obsess " class="crossreference notranslate">obsess</a>; <a href="/word/octahedron" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of octahedron " class="crossreference notranslate">octahedron</a>; <a href="/word/piezo-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of piezo- " class="crossreference notranslate">piezo-</a>; <a href="/word/piezoelectric" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of piezoelectric " class="crossreference notranslate">piezoelectric</a>; <a href="/word/polyhedron" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of polyhedron " class="crossreference notranslate">polyhedron</a>; <a href="/word/possess" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of possess " class="crossreference notranslate">possess</a>; <a href="/word/preside" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of preside " class="crossreference notranslate">preside</a>; <a href="/word/reside" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of reside " class="crossreference notranslate">reside</a>; <a href="/word/saddle" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of saddle " class="crossreference notranslate">saddle</a>; <a href="/word/sanhedrim" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sanhedrim " class="crossreference notranslate">sanhedrim</a>; <a href="/word/seance" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of seance " class="crossreference notranslate">seance</a>; <a href="/word/seat" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of seat " class="crossreference notranslate">seat</a>; <a href="/word/sedan" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sedan " class="crossreference notranslate">sedan</a>; <a href="/word/sedate" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sedate " class="crossreference notranslate">sedate</a>; (adj.) "calm, quiet;" <a href="/word/sedative" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sedative " class="crossreference notranslate">sedative</a>; <a href="/word/sedentary" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sedentary " class="crossreference notranslate">sedentary</a>; <a href="/word/sederunt" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sederunt " class="crossreference notranslate">sederunt</a>; <a href="/word/sediment" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sediment " class="crossreference notranslate">sediment</a>; <a href="/word/see#etymonline_v_23105" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of see " class="crossreference notranslate">see</a> (n.) "throne of a bishop, archbishop, or pope;" <a href="/word/sessile" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sessile " class="crossreference notranslate">sessile</a>; <a href="/word/session" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of session " class="crossreference notranslate">session</a>; <a href="/word/set#etymonline_v_23291" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of set " class="crossreference notranslate">set</a> (v.); <a href="/word/sett" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sett " class="crossreference notranslate">sett</a>; <a href="/word/settle#etymonline_v_23298" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of settle " class="crossreference notranslate">settle</a> (n.); <a href="/word/settle#etymonline_v_23297" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of settle " class="crossreference notranslate">settle</a> (v.); <a href="/word/siege" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of siege " class="crossreference notranslate">siege</a>; <a href="/word/sit" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sit " class="crossreference notranslate">sit</a>; <a href="/word/sitz-bath" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sitz-bath " class="crossreference notranslate">sitz-bath</a>; <a href="/word/sitzkrieg" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sitzkrieg " class="crossreference notranslate">sitzkrieg</a>; <a href="/word/size" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of size " class="crossreference notranslate">size</a>; <a href="/word/soil#etymonline_v_23836" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of soil " class="crossreference notranslate">soil</a> (n.1) "earth, dirt;" <a href="/word/Somerset" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Somerset " class="crossreference notranslate">Somerset</a>; <a href="/word/soot" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of soot " class="crossreference notranslate">soot</a>; <a href="/word/subside" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of subside " class="crossreference notranslate">subside</a>; <a href="/word/subsidy" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of subsidy " class="crossreference notranslate">subsidy</a>; <a href="/word/supersede" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of supersede " class="crossreference notranslate">supersede</a>; <a href="/word/surcease" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of surcease " class="crossreference notranslate">surcease</a>; <a href="/word/tanist" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of tanist " class="crossreference notranslate">tanist</a>; <a href="/word/tetrahedron" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of tetrahedron " class="crossreference notranslate">tetrahedron</a>; <a href="/word/Upanishad" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Upanishad " class="crossreference notranslate">Upanishad</a>.</p> <p>It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">a-sadat</span> "sat down," <span class="foreign notranslate">sidati</span> "sits," <span class="foreign notranslate">nidah</span> "resting place, nest;" Old Persian <span class="foreign notranslate">hadis</span> "abode;" Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">ezesthai</span> "to sit," <span class="foreign notranslate">hedra</span> "seat, chair, face of a geometric solid;" Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">sedere</span> "to sit; occupy an official seat, preside; sit still, remain; be fixed or settled," <span class="foreign notranslate">nidus</span> "nest;" Old Irish <span class="foreign notranslate">suide</span> "seat, sitting," <span class="foreign notranslate">net</span> "nest;" Welsh <span class="foreign notranslate">sedd</span> "seat," <span class="foreign notranslate">eistedd</span> "sitting," <span class="foreign notranslate">nyth</span> "nest;" Old Church Slavonic <span class="foreign notranslate">sežda</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">sedeti</span> "to sit," <span class="foreign notranslate">sedlo</span> "saddle," <span class="foreign notranslate">gnezdo</span> "nest;" Lithuanian <span class="foreign notranslate">sėdėti</span> "to sit;" Russian <span class="foreign notranslate">sad</span> "garden," Lithuanian <span class="foreign notranslate">sodinti</span> "to plant;" Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">sitan</span>, Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">sittan</span> "to sit."</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of sediment">Trends of <i>sediment</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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that which settles at the bottom, sediment...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of silt" href="/word/silt"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">silt<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-15c., "fine sand or sediment deposited by seawater," probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian and Danish...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of hypostasis" href="/word/hypostasis"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">hypostasis<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">The same word in old medicine meant "sediment in the urine."...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of roil" href="/word/roil"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">roil<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1580s, "render (liquid) turbid or muddy by stirring up dregs or sediment," also figurative, "excite to some degree of anger...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of cesspool" href="/word/cesspool"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">cesspool<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">also cess-pool, "cistern or well to receive sediment or filth," 1670s, the first element perhaps an alteration of cistern...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of matter" href="/word/matter"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">matter<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1200, materie, "the subject of a mental act or a course of thought, speech, or expression," from Anglo-French matere, Old French matere "subject, theme, topic; substance, content; character, education" (12c., Modern French matière) and directly from Latin materia "substance fr</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of else" href="/word/else"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">else<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Old English elles "in another manner, other, otherwise, besides, different," from Proto-Germanic *aljaz (source also of Gothic aljis "other," Old High German eli-lenti, Old English el-lende, both meaning "in a foreign land;" see also Alsace), an adverbial genitive of the neuter o</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of settle" href="/word/settle"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">settle<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Middle English setlen, "become set or fixed, stable or permanent; seat, place in a seat; sink down, come down," from Old English setlan "place in a fixed or permanent position; cause to sit, place in a seat," from setl "a seat" (see settle (n.)). 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class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">sedimentary</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of sedimentation" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/sedimentation"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">sedimentation</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of sedition" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/sedition"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">sedition</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of seditious" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/seditious"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">seditious</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of seduce" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/seduce"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">seduce</p></a></div></div></div></div><div class="alphabet--3sMXd"><ul class="alphabet__inner--2NEtM"><li class="alphabet__node--huwT8" title="Prefix, suffix and words starting with the letter A"><a rel="nofollow" href="/search?q=a">A</a></li><li class="alphabet__node--huwT8" title="Prefix, suffix and words starting with the letter B"><a rel="nofollow" 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