Etymology

Suter

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Today it means: An occupational surname. Full definition →

Middle High German sūter ← Old High German sūtāri ← Proto-West Germanic *sūtārī
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsūo“sew, stitch”
  2. Latin · derived fromsūtor“cobbler”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*sūtārī“shoemaker”
  4. Old High German · derived fromsūtāri
  5. Middle High German · derived fromsūter
  6. English todaySuter

English, Dutch, and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from Suter, from Middle High German sūter, from Old High German sūtāri, from Proto-West Germanic *sūtārī (“shoemaker”), borrowed from Latin sūtor (“cobbler”); ultimately from Latin sūo (“sew, stitch”). Related to English suture, which also comes from Latin. Compare Sauter, Souter, Sooter, Sutor, Sutter.

Words from the same roots

Latinsūtor all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.