English
sieger
From siege + -er.
Formed from siege + -er
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
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Latin sēdicŭlum ‘small seat’
Vulgar Latin *sēdicum
Old French sege
Middle English sege ‘a group of assailants in a siege’
English siege
Today it means
noun A besieger.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sieger”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / sieger