Meaning

noun a small amount of liquid food

verb take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- Proto-Indo-European *su(H)ph₃néh₂-der.? Proto-Germanic *suppōną Proto-Germanic *sūpaną Proto-West Germanic *sūpan Old English sūpan Middle English soupen English sup The verb is from Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sip, drink, taste”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (compare Dutch…

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