Etymology of the French word costume
the Old French word
costumederived from the Italian word
costumederived 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)
Date
The earliest known usage of costume in French dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in French
costumer,
acostumerDerivations in other languages
English
costume, English
custom, Romanian
costumCognates
Dutch
kostuum, English
costume, French
coutume, German
Kostüm, Italian
costume, Lithuanian
kostiumas, Norwegian
kostym, Polish
kostium, Portuguese
costume, Provençal
costum, Russian
коcтюм, Spanish
costumbre, Swedish
kostymUsage
Word found in Old French
