Etymograph

English

resuture

From re- + suture.

Formed from re- + suture

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Italic *sūō ‘to sew, stitch’

Latin suō ‘sew, join or tack together’

Latin sūtūra

Middle English suture ‘a suture’

English suture

Today it means

noun A second or subsequent suture.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “resuture”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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