Where does “suture” come from?

suture (Italian) comes from Italian sutura, from Latin sūtūra, from Latin suō, from Proto-Italic sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- — to sew.

suture (Italian): plural of sutura

Definitions

  1. plural of sutura

Ancestry of “suture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansuturasuture, stitch; suture
2Latinsūtūraa sewing together; seam, stitch, suture
3Latinsuōto sew, stitch
4Proto-Italicsūōsew, stitch
5Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →Every word from Proto-Italic sūō →Every word from Latin suō →