Etymograph

English

allosuck

From allo- (“other, different”) + suck.

Formed from allo- ‘other, different’ + suck

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘beyond, other’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos ‘other, another’

Proto-Hellenic *áľľos

Ancient Greek ἄλλος ‘other’

English allo-

Proto-Indo-European *sewg-

Proto-Germanic *sūkaną ‘to suck’

Proto-West Germanic *sūkan ‘to suck’

Old English sūcan ‘to suck’

Middle English souken ‘to breastfeed’

English suck

Today it means

verb To suckle from a female who is not one's own mother.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / allosuck