seat

• n. 席；場所；位置
• vt....を...座らせる；...を...収容する；...を...発足させる

sitの名詞形から。関連語から派生。

seat

seat: [12] Seat is of course a close relative of sit – they come from the same prehistoric Germanic base, *set-. But unlike sit, it is not a longestablished native word. It is a borrowing, from Old Norse sáeti. It originally meant ‘act of sitting’, and was not used for ‘something to sit on’ until the 13th century.
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seat (n.1)

"thing to sit on; act of sitting," c. 1200, from Old Norse s?ti "seat, position," from Proto-Germanic *s?t- (cognates: Old High German saze, Middle Dutch gesaete "seat," Old High German gisazi, German Ges?? "buttocks"), from PIE root *sed- (1) "to sit" (see sit). Meaning "posterior of the body" (the sitting part) is from c. 1600; sense of "part of a garment which covers the buttocks" is from 1835. Seat belt is from 1915, originally in airplanes.

seat (n.2)

"residence, abode, established place," late 13c., extended use of seat (n.1), influenced by Old French siege "seat, established place," and Latin sedes "seat." Meaning "city in which a government sits" is attested from c. 1400. Sense of "right of taking a place in a parliament or other legislative body" is attested from 1774. Old English had s?t "place where one sits in ambush," which also meant "residents, inhabitants," and is the source of the -set in Dorset and Somerset.

seat (v.)

1570s, "to be in a certain position" (implied in seated), from seat (n.2). Of diseases, in the body, from 1610s (hence deep-seated). Meaning "to cause to sit in a seat" is from 1610s, from seat (n.1). Related: Seated; seating.

1. You can pay to be upgraded to a business class seat .

ビジネスクラスに有料でアップグレードできます。

2.This a country where women usually take a back seat .

この国では通常男尊女卑である。

3.She slipped into the driving seat and closed the door.

彼女は運転席に滑り込み、ドアを閉めた。

4.He rose from his seat and made for the door.

彼は椅子から立ち上がってドアに向かって歩いた。

5.Sister Francesca entered the chapel，took her seat ，and promptly fell asleep.

フランシスタはチャペルに入って座り、すぐに眠ってしまった。