Suter

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An occupational surname.

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.

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