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Where does “suture” come from?

suture (Middle English) comes from Latin sūtūra, from Latin suō, from Proto-Italic sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH-.

suture (Middle English): A suture; a seam made in surgical operations; A...

Definitions

  1. A suture; a seam made in surgical operations; A...

Ancestry of “suture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsūtūra—
2Latinsuō—
3Proto-Italicsūōsew, stitch
4Proto-Indo-European*syewH-—

Words derived from “suture”

  • suture
  • sutureless
  • resuture
  • suturable
  • suturelike
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