Where does “suite” come from?
suite (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French suite, from Old French suite, from Vulgar Latin sequita, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
suite (Norwegian Nynorsk): a suite
Ancestry of “suite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | suite | result; sequel; next step, next steps, that which... |
| 2 | Old French | suite | pursuit |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | sequita | — |
| 4 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |