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Where does “costumier” come from?

costumier (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin custumarius, from Latin custuma — custom, tax.

Ancestry of “costumier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latincustumariusa toll-gatherer, tax-collector; pertaining to...
2Latincustumacustom, tax

Words derived from “costumier”

  • customer
  • noncustomer
  • customership
  • multicustomer
  • customerless
  • cust
  • customerlike
  • custie
  • custommere
  • customere
  • cwsmer
  • cwsmeres
  • ikhasimende
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