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Where does “cwsmer” come from?

cwsmer (Welsh) comes from English customer, from Middle English custumer, from Old French coustumier, from Medieval Latin custumarius, from Latin custuma — custom, tax.

cwsmer (Welsh): customer

Definitions

  1. customer

Ancestry of “cwsmer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcustomerA patron, a client; one who purchases or receives...
2Middle Englishcustumer—
3Old Frenchcoustumier—
4Medieval Latincustumariusa toll-gatherer, tax-collector; pertaining to...
5Latincustumacustom, tax

Words derived from “cwsmer”

  • cwsmeres
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