Where does “suture” come from?

Suture comes from Middle English suture, from Latin sutura meaning a seam or stitching, derived from Latin suo meaning to sew, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European swé meaning self.

suture (English): A seam formed by sewing two edges together,...

Definitions

  1. A seam formed by sewing two edges together,...

Ancestry of “suture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishsutureA suture; a seam made in surgical operations; A...
2Latinsūtūraa sewing together; seam, stitch, suture
3Latinsuōto sew, stitch
4Proto-Italicsūōsew, stitch
5Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew

Words derived from “suture”

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