Where does “coutume” come from?
coutume (French) comes from Middle French coustume, from Old French coustume, from Vulgar Latin consuetumen, 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.
coutume (French): custom
Definitions
- custom
Ancestry of “coutume”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | coustume | custom; tradition |
| 2 | Old French | coustume | order; tradition; custom; tradition |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | consuetumen | — |
| 4 | Latin | cōnsuētūdō | The act of habituating; state of being habituated or accustomed, habituation |
| 5 | Latin | cōnsuēscō | to accustom, inure or habituate, tend to |
| 6 | Latin | suēscō | to become used or accustomed to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swe-dʰh₁-sk- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |