Where does “accouter” come from?
accouter (English) comes from French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, from Vulgar Latin acconsuturare, from Latin cōnsutūra, from Vulgar Latin consutura, from Latin cōnsūtus, from Latin cōnsuō, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
accouter (English): To furnish with dress or equipments, especially...
Definitions
- To furnish with dress or equipments, especially...
Ancestry of “accouter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | accoutrer | to accouter |
| 2 | Old French | acoustrer | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | acconsuturare | to equip with clothes |
| 4 | Latin | cōnsutūra | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | consutura | sewing, clothesmaking, the art of sewing |
| 6 | Latin | cōnsūtus | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōnsuō | — |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |