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Where does “sutureless” come from?

sutureless (English) comes from English suture, from Middle English suture, from Latin sūtūra, from Latin suō, from Proto-Italic sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH-.

sutureless (English): Without sutures

Definitions

  1. Without sutures

Ancestry of “sutureless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsutureA seam formed by sewing two edges together,...
2Middle EnglishsutureA suture; a seam made in surgical operations; A...
3Latinsūtūra—
4Latinsuō—
5Proto-Italicsūōsew, stitch
6Proto-Indo-European*syewH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →