Where does “sūtūra” come from?

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

sūtūra (Latin): a sewing together; seam, stitch, suture

Definitions

  1. a sewing together; seam, stitch, suture

Ancestry of “sūtūra”, step by step

sūtūra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin suō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuōto sew, stitch
2Proto-Italicsūōsew, stitch
3Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew

via Latin suere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuere—

Words derived from “sūtūra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →Every word from Proto-Italic sūō →Every word from Latin suō →
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