Where does “êssuyer” come from?

êssuyer (Norman) comes from French essuyer, from Old French essuier, from Latin exsūcō, from Latin sūcus, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

êssuyer (Norman): to wipe

Definitions

  1. to wipe

Ancestry of “êssuyer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchessuyerto wipe, to wipe down
2Old Frenchessuierto wipe (one's hands, etc.)
3Latinexsūcōto juice (remove juice from)
4Latinsūcusjuice
5Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

Words derived from “êssuyer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sug- →Every word from Latin sūcus →