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Where does “sueable” come from?

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

sueable (English): That can be sued

Definitions

  1. That can be sued

Ancestry of “sueable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSueA Mary Sue
2Middle Englishseuen—
3Anglo-Normansuernominative singular of seror; to dry
4Old Frenchsivreto follow
5Vulgar Latinsequereto follow; second-person singular future active...
6LatinsequorI follow, come or go after
7Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
8Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
9Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
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