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English word origin

Etymology of seau

Etymology tree Latin situla Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin sitella Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European

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Unnumbered source etymology

Original entry ↗
noun

a pottery pail

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Latin situla Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin sitella Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Vulgar Latin *sitellus Old French seel French seaubor. English seau Borrowed from French seau.

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