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Where does “consuetude” come from?

consuetude (English) comes from Middle English consuetude, from Middle French consuetude, from Old French consuetude, from Latin cōnsuētūdō, from Latin cōnsuēscō, from Latin suēscō, from Proto-Indo-European swe-dʰh₁-sk-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

consuetude (English): Custom, familiarity

Definitions

  1. Custom, familiarity

Ancestry of “consuetude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishconsuetude—
2Middle Frenchconsuetude—
3Old Frenchconsuetudecustom
4Latincōnsuētūdō—
5Latincōnsuēscō—
6Latinsuēscō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswe-dʰh₁-sk-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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