myEtymology.com: English etymology of costume

Etymology of the English word costume

the English word costume

derived from the Old French word costume

derived from the Italian word costume

derived from the Classical Latin word consuetudo (experience; empirical knowledge; sexual; habit, custom, usage)

derived from the Latin word consuetus (accustomed. used; customary, habitual)

derived from the Latin word consuescere (accustom oneself; become, be accustomed; be intimate, have sexual intercourse with; form a habit)

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

derived from the Latin word suescere (become accustomed)

The earliest known usage of costume in English dates from the 18th century.

Dutch kostuum, French costume, French coutume, German Kostüm, Italian costume, Lithuanian kostiumas, Norwegian kostym, Polish kostium, Portuguese costume, Provençal costum, Russian коcтюм, Spanish costumbre, Swedish kostym

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