Etymology

suit

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Today it means: A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman. Full definition →

Middle English sute ← Anglo-Norman suite ← Old French siute
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sékʷetor
  3. Proto-Italic*sekʷōr
  4. Vulgar Latinsequor, sequi
  5. Vulgar Latin*sequere
  6. Vulgar Latin*sequita
  7. Old Frenchsiute
  8. Anglo-Normansuite
  9. Middle Englishsute
  10. English todaysuit

Inherited from Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite, from metathesis of earlier Old French siute, from Vulgar Latin *sequita, from *sequere, from sequor, sequi, from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor, from *sekʷ-. Doublet of suite. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Related to sue and segue.

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