English
en suite
En suite comes from French en suite, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-‘to follow’root as named · steps between not traced
- Frenchc. 1600–presenten suite
- Englishearliest quotation 1858same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-‘to follow’root as named · steps between not traced
- Frenchc. 1600–presenten suite
- Englishearliest quotation 1858same form
Earliest quotation: 1858, G. Brodie, Fashions for March: “The Dress Cap and Under-Sleeves are en suite.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
see, say, second, social, saw, society, executive, sight, associate, consecutive, sequence, subsequent, prosecution, pursue, sequel, suit, sue, saga, consequently, execute, persecution, sect, intrinsic, sequential, executor, sequestration, consequent, dissociation, persecute, extrinsic, segue, ensue, seg, sequester, dissociate, sequitur, 34 more
Today it means
adv So as to form a cohesively themed or matching set.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- / en suite