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Where does “sugens” come from?

sugens (Latin) comes from Latin sūgō, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

sugens (Latin): sucking; taking in; exhausting

Definitions

  1. sucking; taking in; exhausting

Ancestry of “sugens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsūgō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
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