English
suite
Suite comes from Middle French 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
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600suite
- Englishearliest quotation 1792same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-‘to follow’root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600suite
- Englishearliest quotation 1792same form
Earliest quotation: 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond: “[A]s to men, we shall live altogether at the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
see, say, second, social, saw, society, executive, sight, sequence, subsequent, associate, consecutive, prosecution, pursue, sequel, consequently, saga, sue, persecution, execute, sect, intrinsic, pursuit, sequential, consequent, executor, sequestration, dissociation, extrinsic, ensue, persecute, segue, seg, sequester, dissociate, suitor, sequitur, 32 more
Today it means
noun A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- / suite