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Where does “sus” come from?

sus (Old French) comes from Latin sursum, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

sus (Old French): under; underneath; on; on top of; atop

Definitions

  1. under; underneath; on; on top of; atop

Ancestry of “sus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsursumabove; upwards, up
2Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
3Latinvertō—
4Proto-Italicwertō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “sus”

  • souterrain
  • sousveillance
  • sous vide
  • under erasure
  • soucoupe
  • susorbitaire
  • suscarpien
  • sus
  • souterrain
  • sous
  • souterrainement
  • sousveillance
  • soupape
  • sus-
  • susmentionné
  • susnommé
  • Souterrain
  • souterrain
  • souterränghus
  • supap
  • subteran
  • lassus
  • sous
  • sus
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