Etymology

battlesuit

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Today it means: A technologically enhanced suit worn in battle for protection, camouflage, etc. Full definition →

English suit ← Middle English sute ← Anglo-Norman suite
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  2. Latinbattuō
  3. Late Latinbattālia
  4. Old Frenchbataille
  5. Middle Englishbatayle
  6. Englishbattle
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sékʷetor
  9. Proto-Italic*sekʷōr
  10. Vulgar Latinsequor, sequi
  11. Vulgar Latin*sequere
  12. Vulgar Latin*sequita
  13. Old Frenchsiute
  14. Anglo-Normansuite
  15. Middle Englishsute
  16. Englishsuit
  17. English todaybattlesuit

From battle + suit.

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