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Etymology of the English word customs

the English word customs
derived from the English word custom
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)

Usage

Word found in Modern English



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