Where does “sousèt” come from?

sousèt (Haitian Creole) comes from French sucette, from French sucer, from Vulgar Latin suctiare, from Latin sūgō, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

sousèt (Haitian Creole): pacifier, dummy

Definitions

  1. pacifier, dummy

Ancestry of “sousèt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsucettelollipop
2Frenchsucerto suck; to give head
3Vulgar Latinsuctiare—
4Latinsūgōto suck
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 sūgō →