suter
/sˈutɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, sūter, sūtāri, *sūtārī, sūtor, sūo