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1. Middle French · borrowed fromsuite
2. English todaysuite

Borrowed from Middle French suite. See also the doublet suit.

First known use, by meaning

• from 16th c. A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.
• from 16th c. A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together.
• from 18th c. A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.
• from 19th c. A musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude.
• from 20th c. A group of related computer programs distributed together.