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English word custom comes from Latin consuetudo, and later Old French coustume (Custom; tradition. Order; tradition.)

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consuetudo (Latin)

A custom, habit, use, usage, convention, way, tradition; experience.. An intercourse in love, intimacy; love affair, amour, illicit intercourse.. Customary right, common law.. Social intercourse, companionship, familiarity, conversation.. The act of habituating; state of being habituated or accustomed, habituation.. The form of speech, usage of a language.

consuetumen (Vulgar Latin)

coustume (Old French)

Custom; tradition. Order; tradition.

custume (Anglo-Norman)

custume (Middle English)

custom (English)

(obsolete, intransitive) To have a custom.. (obsolete, transitive) To make familiar; to accustom.. (obsolete, transitive) To pay the customs of.. (obsolete, transitive) To supply with customers. Created under particular specifications, specially to fit one's needs: specialized, unique, custom-made. Own, personal, not standard or premade (legal) Long-established practice, considered as [...]

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