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Where does “coustume” come from?

coustume (Old French) comes 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.

coustume (Old French): order; tradition; custom; tradition

Definitions

  1. order; tradition; custom; tradition

Ancestry of “coustume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinconsuetumen—
2Latincōnsuētūdō—
3Latincōnsuēscō—
4Latinsuēscō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswe-dʰh₁-sk-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “coustume”

  • custom
  • customs
  • customize
  • customizable
  • kastom
  • customizability
  • customizer
  • uncustomed
  • customshouse
  • customable
  • customably
  • noncustom
  • customly
  • customless
  • noncustoms
  • uncustomable
  • customableness
  • coutume
  • désaccoutumer
  • accoutumer
  • kutimiĝi
  • kutimo
  • nekutima
  • kutimeco
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