Where does “sutura” come from?

sutura (Portuguese) comes from Latin sūtūra, from Latin suō, from Proto-Italic sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- — to sew.

sutura (Portuguese): suture

Definitions

  1. suture

Ancestry of “sutura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsūtūraa sewing together; seam, stitch, suture
2Latinsuōto sew, stitch
3Proto-Italicsūōsew, stitch
4Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →Every word from Proto-Italic sūō →Every word from Latin suō →