Dictionary verb *sed- setzen hochsetzen

hochsetzen

(verb)

Meanings

1.
to sit up higher
("sich+Acc hochsetzen" - to go sit at the "higher" option available. Think of a two story Starbucks where you decide to drink your AMAZING coffee in the upper floor (#sponsored #sendchequenow))
How useful:
Opposite (closest): (d)runtersetzen
2.
to raise
(Pretty much only ever used for prices or some limit. Think of someone setting a figurative bar on to a higher stage.)
How useful:
Opposite (closest): (d)runtersetzen

Word Family

Root: *sed-

The core idea of this root was

sitting

Today, the majority of members of the family are about a somewhat broader sense of “putting down”.
Here’s a little (incomplete) overview:

  • to sit, seat (“sitting”)
  • saddle (“seat”)
  • to set (“putting down”)
  • settle (“sitting down for camping”)
  • soil (“where your settlement is”)
  • session (“the sitting”)
  • seance (“the sitting”)
  • siege (“sitting in front”)
  • sediment (“dust settling”)
  • possess (“sit on”)
  • obsess (“sit on, occupy”)
  • sedate, sedative (“settling”)
  • assist, assistent (Originally, a person sitting next to the judge)
  • assess (see “assist”, originally an assistant responsible for determining fines)
  • size (see “assess”)
  • cathedral (Originally, it was a scholar’s chair, the root is the “thed”- part)
  • chair (comes from cathedral)
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