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Where does “sutor” come from?

sutor (English) comes from Latin sūtor, from Latin suō, from Proto-Italic sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH-.

sutor (English): shoemaker; cobbler

Definitions

  1. shoemaker; cobbler

Ancestry of “sutor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsūtor—
2Latinsuō—
3Proto-Italicsūōsew, stitch
4Proto-Indo-European*syewH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →