Where does “sum-up” come from?
sum-up (English) comes from English sum, from Khmer ស, from Chinese 蘇, from English Sue, from Middle English seuen, from Anglo-Norman suer, from Old French sivre, from Vulgar Latin sequere — to follow; to see; to say.
sum-up (English): A summary
Ancestry of “sum-up”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sum | A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation;... |
| 2 | Khmer | ស | white |
| 3 | Chinese | 蘇 | — |
| 4 | English | Sue | A Mary Sue |
| 5 | Middle English | seuen | — |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 7 | Old French | sivre | to follow |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | sequere | to follow; second-person singular future active... |
| 9 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |