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sediment (n.)
1540s, "matter which settles at the bottom of water or other liquid," from Middle French
sédiment
(16c.) and directly from Latin
sedimentum
"a settling, sinking down," from stem of
sedere
"to settle, sit" (see
sedentary
).
