Where does “accoutrement” come from?
accoutrement (English) comes from Middle French accoustrement, from Middle French accoustrer, from Old French acostrer, from Vulgar Latin accosturare, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.
accoutrement (English): Alternative form of accouterment
Definitions
- Alternative form of accouterment
Ancestry of “accoutrement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | accoustrement | style of dress; choice of clothing |
| 2 | Middle French | accoustrer | — |
| 3 | Old French | acostrer | arrange, sew up |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | accosturare | sew up |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |