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Where does “accustom” come from?

Accustom comes from Old French acoustumer, meaning to habituate or make familiar through repeated exposure.

accustom (English): To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to...

Definitions

  1. To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to...

Ancestry of “accustom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchacoustumerto get used to; to accustom oneself to

Words derived from “accustom”

  • accustomed
  • unaccustomed
  • accustomary
  • accustomedness
  • unaccustomedly
  • accustomably
  • unaccustomedness
  • reaccustom
  • accustomable
  • accustometh
  • accustomedly
  • accustomarily
  • accustomest
  • accustomate
Every word from Old French acoustumer →