Etymology

fursuit

fur·suit
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Today it means: An anthropomorphic animal costume used in the furry subculture. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Germanic*fōdrą
  3. Frankish*fōdr
  4. Anglo-Normanfuerre
  5. Middle Englishfurre
  6. Englishfur
  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 todayfursuit

From fur + suit.

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