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Where does “eixugar” come from?

eixugar (Catalan) comes from Latin exsūcāre, from Latin sūcus, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

eixugar (Catalan): to dry; to remove all the liquid from a...

Definitions

  1. to dry; to remove all the liquid from a...

Ancestry of “eixugar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexsūcāre—
2Latinsūcus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

Words derived from “eixugar”

  • eixugacabells
  • eixugaparabrises
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