Where does “essuyage” come from?

essuyage (French) comes from French essuyer, from Old French essuier, from Latin exsūcō, from Latin sūcus, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

essuyage (French): wipe; wiping

Definitions

  1. wipe; wiping

Ancestry of “essuyage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchessuyerto wipe, to wipe down
2Old Frenchessuierto wipe (one's hands, etc.)
3Latinexsūcōto juice (remove juice from)
4Latinsūcusjuice
5Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sug- →Every word from Latin sūcus →