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anusenti

anuseti

pr 3rd pl of anuseti (verb)

1. (of a thing) underlies; inheres; is implicit; lies dormant; lit. lies alongside
2. (of a person) has a tendency towards; is pre-occupied (with); is attached (to); (comm) persists; lit. lies alongside

Built from

• anu — prefix · along, trailing after
  Following the track of something; here the persistent lying-alongside of tendency or attachment. Cognate to Greek ana 'up through'.
• seti — root · lies, sits
  From √śī, recline or sit down. Cognate to English 'sit', Latin sedēre, Sanskrit śayate. The base image is stillness or resting-place; in anuseti it suggests what dwells persistently within.

Etymology. anu- (along, following) + seti (lies, sits; from √śī, cognate with English 'sit'). The prefix anu- adds the sense of persistent trailing-alongness; the root √śī 'to recline, sit' (Sanskrit śayate, English sit, Latin sedēre) gives the image of something reclining within or beneath. Together: what lies along with, what persists alongside.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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