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Where does “suer” come from?

suer (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French sivre, from Vulgar Latin sequere, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

suer (Anglo-Norman): nominative singular of seror; to dry

Definitions

  1. nominative singular of seror; to dry

Ancestry of “suer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsivreto follow
2Vulgar Latinsequereto follow; second-person singular future active...
3LatinsequorI follow, come or go after
4Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
5Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
6Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

Words derived from “suer”

  • sewing
  • sue
  • sew
  • suer
  • suability
  • oversew
  • countersue
  • sueth
  • seweth
  • resew
  • unsew
  • sewest
  • sewability
  • suest
  • resue
  • sueable
  • sewable
  • outsew
  • sewist
  • re-sew
  • presew
  • unsewable
  • seuen
  • siwen
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