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Where does “soue” come from?

soue (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin soca, from Gaulish souca, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

soue (Old French): rope

Definitions

  1. rope

Ancestry of “soue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinsoca—
2Gaulishsoucacord
3Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

Words derived from “soue”

  • swage
  • swedge
  • swager
  • suage
  • souage
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