Etymograph

English

situp

Deverbal from sit up.

A compound of sit + up

Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

Proto-Germanic *sitjaną ‘to sit’

Proto-West Germanic *sittjan ‘to sit’

Old English sittan ‘to sit’

Middle English sitten ‘to sit’

English sit

Proto-Germanic *upp ‘up’

Proto-West Germanic *upp

Old English upp

Middle English up ‘to a vertical axis’

English up

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “situp”. 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.

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