French word essuyer comes from Latin sucus, Latin evanescere, Latin de, and later Latin exsuco (I dry. I juice (remove juice from).)

Detailed word origin of essuyer

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
sucus	Latin (lat)	(figuratively) strength, vitality, rigor, energy, life. Juice. Moisture. Sap.
evanescere	Latin (lat)
de	Latin (lat)	(Late Latin) of persons. From, away from, down from, out of; in general to indicate the person or place from which any thing is taken, etc., with verbs of taking away, depriving, demanding, requesting, inquiring, buying; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., and their compounds.. From, away from, to indicate the place from which someone or something departs or [...]
exsuco	Latin (lat)	I dry. I juice (remove juice from).
essuyer	French (fra)	To wipe, to wipe down.

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