Where does “essuier” come from?

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

essuier (Old French): to wipe (one's hands, etc.)

Definitions

  1. to wipe (one's hands, etc.)

Ancestry of “essuier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexsūcōto juice (remove juice from)
2Latinsūcusjuice
3Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

Words derived from “essuier”

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