Etymology

suet

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Today it means: The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow. Full definition →

Middle English suet ← Anglo-Norman suet ← Old French seu
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  1. Latin · derived fromsebum
  2. Old French · derived fromseu
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromsuet
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsuet
  5. English todaysuet

From Middle English suet, sewet, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suet, siuet, from Old French seu, from Latin sebum.

Words from the same roots

Latinsebum all →

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