Where does “souse” come from?

souse (Haitian Creole) comes 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...

souse (Haitian Creole): to suck

Definitions

  1. to suck

Ancestry of “souse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsucerto suck; to give head
2Vulgar Latinsuctiare—
3Latinsūgōto suck
4Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
5Proto-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 →