Where does “suet” come from?
Suet comes from Anglo-Norman suet, from Middle English sewet, of unknown ultimate origin.
suet (English): The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the...
Definitions
- The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the...
Ancestry of “suet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | suet | Alternative form of sute |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | suet | — |
| 3 | Old French | seü | Alternative form of seu |
| 4 | Latin | sēbum | tallow, grease |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | seyb- | to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,... |
Words derived from “suet”