1590s, "a thing that settles" (a debate, etc.); agent noun from settle (v.). Meaning "a person who moves into a new country" is from 1690s.
setter
setting
settle
settled
settlement
settler
set-to
set-up
seven
Seven Champions
Seven Seas
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