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Where does “suit” come from?

suit (French) comes from French suivre, from Middle French suyvre, from Old French sivre, from Vulgar Latin sequere, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

suit (French): third-person singular present indicative of...

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  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “suit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsuivreto follow; to follow; to get; to take
2Middle Frenchsuyvreto follow
3Old Frenchsivreto follow
4Vulgar Latinsequereto follow; second-person singular future active...
5LatinsequorI follow, come or go after
6Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
7Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
8Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
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