Talk:sucker

i'm pretty sure, but cant prove that the etymology for sucker in the sense of a shoot on a fruit tree comes from -- the french name for pruning shears which has the etymology.... From French plural of sécateur, from Latin secāre (“to cut”)

Since you have no proof, we can’t just add it. But it makes sense, so I recommend you post this at the Etymology Scriptorium, maybe someone can confirm this. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 00:55, 3 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

I can't find anything. Etymonline doesn't even list this sense, curiously. --Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 02:44, 3 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

I am wondering if the dutch word 'Zekers' might have something to do with the use of the word in "... a sucker born every minute." Gam3 (talk) 08:52, 12 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

@Gam3: Definitely not. See Wikipedia. In this saying, "sucker" refers to the "gullible person" sense. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 01:02, 28 April 2017 (UTC)Reply