Etymograph

English

sueda

Sueda comes from mul Suaeda, and goes back to Arabic سُوَيْدَاء ‘literally ‘little black one’, referring to the…’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentسُوَيْدَاء1suwaydāʔ‘literally ‘little black one’, referring to the black seeds’
  2. mulmodernSuaeda1
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1983sueda1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sueda
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding: “At least you can take a break now and…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentسُوَيْدَاءWiktionary, English suedasuwaydāʔ‘literally ‘little black one’, referring to the black seeds’
  2. mulmodernSuaedaWiktionary, English sueda
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1983suedaWiktionary, English sueda. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding: “At least you can take a break now and…”

Linked words

through Arabic سُوَيْدَاء ‘literally ‘little black one’, referring to the…’

sodium, soda, 1 more

Today it means

noun An area with a dense covering of plants of the genus Suaeda, family Amaranthaceae; such plants collectively; seepweed.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sueda”. 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.

Etymograph / Arabic سُوَيْدَاء / sueda

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