seggio

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from an old conjugated form of the verb sedere (to sit)[1][2](cf. the forms with -gg-, also Latin sedeō), or an archaic variant seggere[3]. Cf. also sedia. Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *sedium or *sidium[4].

Pronunciation

Noun

seggio m (plural seggi)

  1. seat

References

  1. ^ sèggio in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  2. ^ seggio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  3. ^ seggia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  4. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “seggio”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati