English word suture comes from Proto-Indo-European *sīw-, and later Proto-Italic *sūō (Sew, stitch.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *sīw- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | to sew |
| *sūō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Sew, stitch. |
| suo | Latin (lat) | (figuratively) I devise, cobble.. I join, fasten together.. I sew, stitch. |
| sutura | Latin (lat) | A sewing together; seam, suture. |
| suture | English (eng) | (transitive) To sew up or join by means of a suture. (anatomy) A seam or line, such as that between the segments of a crustacean, between the whorls of a univalve shell, or where the elytra of a beetle meet.. (anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.. (geology) An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.. A seam [...] |