English
ensuite
Ensuite 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 suiteliterally ‘in continuation’
- Englishtodayensuite
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 suiteliterally ‘in continuation’
- Englishtodayensuite
The story
Borrowed from French en suite (literally “in continuation”).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
see, say, second, social, saw, society, executive, sight, associate, sequence, subsequent, prosecution, pursue, consecutive, sequel, sue, suit, saga, execute, persecution, consequently, sect, intrinsic, sequential, executor, sequestration, dissociation, consequent, persecute, segue, extrinsic, seg, sequester, dissociate, ensue, sequitur, 33 more
Today it means
noun A private bathroom connected to a bedroom, as in an apartment or hotel room.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- / ensuite