Where does “sue” come from?

sue (Latin) comes from Latin suo, from Proto-Italic sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- — to sew.

sue (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “sue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsuoI sew, stitch; I join, fasten together; I devise,...
2Proto-Italicsūōsew, stitch
3Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew
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