Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “seuer” come from?

seuer (Middle English) comes from Old French sewere, from Old French sewiere, from Latin exaquāria.

Ancestry of “seuer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsewerewater-course
2Old Frenchsewiereoverflow channel
3Latinexaquāria—

Words derived from “seuer”

  • sewage
  • sewer
  • sewerage
  • sewering
  • sewerman
  • sewerlike
  • sewerless
  • supersewer
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