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Where does “suro” come from?

suro (Catalan) comes from Latin sūber, from Old High German sūbar, from Proto-West Germanic sūbrī, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

suro (Catalan): cork

Definitions

  1. cork

Ancestry of “suro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsūber—
2Old High Germansūbar—
3Proto-West Germanicsūbrīsober; clean
4Latinsōbrius—
5Latinsē-—
6Latinsexsix; 6
7Proto-Italicsekssix
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “suro”

  • surar
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