consuetude

Meaning

Noun

• Custom, familiarity.

Origin

• From Middle English consuetude, from Middle French consuetude, from Old French consuetude, learnedly borrowed from Latin cōnsuētūdō ("custom"), from cōnsuēscō, corresponding to con- + suēscō. First element con- derives from cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ("with, along"). Second element suēscō is from Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁-sk-, from *swé + *dʰeh₁-; related to Latin suus ("one's own, his own"). custom, costume.