Etymology

desuete

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Today it means: Disused; out of use. Full definition →

Latin dēsuētus
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  1. Latin · derived fromdēsuētus“unused”
  2. English todaydesuete

Probably via Italian, from Latin dēsuētus (“unused”), past participle of dēsuēscō (“to disuse”), from dē- + suēscō (“to make use of”).

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