English
custom
Custom comes from Middle English custume, from Anglo-Norman custume, from Latin cōnsuētūdō ‘custom, habit’, from cōnsuēscō ‘to accustom’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuēscō‘to become accustomed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsuēscō‘to accustom’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsuētūdō‘custom, habit’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400custume
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a convention, tradition’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1589–1590custom
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuēscō‘to become accustomed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsuēscō‘to accustom’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsuētūdō‘custom, habit’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400custume
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a convention, tradition’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1589–1590custom
Earliest quotation: c. 1589–1590, Christopher Marlowe, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […]: “Barabas, thy ships are safe, Riding in Malta Rhode;…”
The story
The adjectival form first appears c. 1830.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, deal, hot, fair, defense, fan, benefit, fashion, feature, mid, theme, defence, ethnic, sufficient, treasury, treasure, ethical, thesis, defendant, synthetic, theology, aesthetic, tick, deed, dis, feast, ethic, doom, atheism, atheist, demi, deem, auditorium, spade, thematic, ethos, forfeit, feral, auditor, 130 more
through Latin cōnsuēscō ‘to accustom, inure or habituate, tend to’
Today it means
noun Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin suēscō / custom