assediare

Italian (Fiorentino)

/as.seˈdja.re/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to besiege, to lay siege to
  • (transitive) to beset, to surround
  • (transitive) to nag, to pester

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assediāre, obsidēre root from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (sit).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sed-

Gloss

sit

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