Etymograph

English

suggillation

Suggillation comes from Latin suggillo ‘to thrash black-and-blue, to bruise, to contuse’, from sūgō ‘to suck’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sewg-1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*séwgeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sougō1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūgō1‘to suck’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuggillo2‘to thrash black-and-blue, to bruise, to contuse’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuggillatio2
  7. Englishtodaysuggillation2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin suggillo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English suggillation

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sewg-Wiktionary, Latin suggilloreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*séwgetiWiktionary, Latin suggilloreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sougōWiktionary, Latin suggilloreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūgōWiktionary, Latin suggillo‘to suck’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuggilloWiktionary, English suggillation‘to thrash black-and-blue, to bruise, to contuse’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuggillatioWiktionary, English suggillation
  7. EnglishtodaysuggillationWiktionary, English suggillation

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sewg-

sick, suck, succulent, 5 more

through Latin sūgō ‘to suck’

suction, prosciutto, 2 more

Today it means

noun A livid mark; a blow; a bruise.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “suggillation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin suggillo. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *sewg- / suggillation

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