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Where does “exsuction” come from?

exsuction (English) comes from Latin exsūgō, from Latin sūgō, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

exsuction (English): The act of sucking out

Definitions

  1. The act of sucking out

Ancestry of “exsuction”, step by step

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