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Where does “accustomary” come from?

accustomary (English) comes from English -ary, from Italian -ario, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

accustomary (English): Usual; customary

Definitions

  1. Usual; customary

Ancestry of “accustomary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-aryof or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to...
2Italian-ario-ary; Added to nouns to create attributive...
3Latin-ārium—
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “accustomary”

  • accustomarily
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →