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Where does “souter” come from?

souter (English) comes from Middle English soutere, from Old English sūtere, from Latin sūtor, from Latin suō, from Proto-Italic sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH-.

souter (English): A shoemaker or cobbler

Definitions

  1. A shoemaker or cobbler

Ancestry of “souter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsoutere—
2Old Englishsūtere—
3Latinsūtor—
4Latinsuō—
5Proto-Italicsūōsew, stitch
6Proto-Indo-European*syewH-—

Words derived from “souter”

  • souterly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →