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Where does “suiffer” come from?

suiffer (French) comes from French suif, from Old French seü, from Latin sēbum, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

suiffer (French): To coat or wrap in suet or tallow

Definitions

  1. To coat or wrap in suet or tallow

Ancestry of “suiffer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsuiftallow; suet
2Old FrenchseüAlternative form of seu
3Latinsēbum—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
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