Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman. · A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit. · A dress. · A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor Proto-Italic *sekʷōr Vulgar Latin sequor, sequi Vulgar Latin *sequere Vulgar Latin *sequita Old French siute Anglo-Norman suitebor. Middle English sute English suit Inherited from Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite, from metathesis of earlier Old French siute, from Vulgar Latin *sequita, from *sequere, from sequor, sequi, from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor, from *sekʷ-. Doublet of suite. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Related to sue and segue.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
This page abbreviates 11 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "ety",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "enm:sute<id:clothes>",
"tree": "1",
"text": "++",
"doublet": "suite"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *sekʷ-\nProto-Indo-European *sékʷetor\nProto-Italic *sekʷōr\nVulgar Latin sequor, sequi\nVulgar Latin *sequere\nVulgar Latin *sequita\nOld French siute\nAnglo-Norman suitebor.\nMiddle English sute\nEnglish suit\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"sequor, sequi\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"follow\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"follow\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"follow\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*sekʷ-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*sékʷetor\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*sekʷōr\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Vulgar Latin\", \"term\" : \"sequor\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la-vul\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Vulgar Latin\", \"term\" : \"*sequere\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"la-vul\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Vulgar Latin\", \"term\" : \"*sequita\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"la-vul\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"siute\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Anglo-Norman\", \"term\" : \"suite\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"xno\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"sute\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"suit\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"suit\">\nInherited from Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite, from metathesis of earlier Old French siute, from Vulgar Latin *sequita, from *sequere, from sequor, sequi, from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor, from *sekʷ-. Doublet of suite."
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "seguire"
},
"expansion": "Italian seguire"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "seguir"
},
"expansion": "Spanish seguir"
},
{
"name": "ety",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "enm:sute<id:clothes>",
"tree": "1",
"text": "++",
"doublet": "suite"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *sekʷ-\nProto-Indo-European *sékʷetor\nProto-Italic *sekʷōr\nVulgar Latin sequor, sequi\nVulgar Latin *sequere\nVulgar Latin *sequita\nOld French siute\nAnglo-Norman suitebor.\nMiddle English sute\nEnglish suit\nInherited from Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite, from metathesis of earlier Old French siute, from Vulgar Latin *sequita, from *sequere, from sequor, sequi, from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor, from *sekʷ-. Doublet of suite."
}
],
"links": [
[
"*sekʷ-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sekʷ-#Proto-Indo-European:_follow"
],
[
"*sékʷetor",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sékʷetor#Proto-Indo-European:_follow"
],
[
"*sekʷōr",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/sekʷōr#Proto-Italic:_follow"
],
[
"sequor, sequi",
"sequor#Latin"
],
[
"*sequere",
"Reconstruction:Latin/sequere"
],
[
"*sequita",
"Reconstruction:Latin/sequita"
],
[
"siute",
"siute#Old_French"
],
[
"suite",
"suite#Old_French"
],
[
"sute",
"sute#Middle_English:_clothes"
],
[
"sute",
"sute#Middle_English:_clothes"
],
[
"suite",
"suite#Old_French"
],
[
"siute",
"siute#Old_French"
],
[
"*sequita",
"Reconstruction:Latin/sequita"
],
[
"*sequere",
"Reconstruction:Latin/sequere"
],
[
"sequor, sequi",
"sequor#Latin"
],
[
"*sekʷōr",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/sekʷōr#Proto-Italic:_follow"
],
[
"*sékʷetor",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sékʷetor#Proto-Indo-European:_follow"
],
[
"*sekʷ-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sekʷ-#Proto-Indo-European:_follow"
],
[
"suite",
"suite#English"
],
[
"seguire",
"seguire#Italian"
],
[
"seguir",
"seguir#Spanish"
],
[
"sue",
"sue#English"
],
[
"segue",
"segue#English"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Kashubian",
"lang_code": "csb",
"word": "sut",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed",
"United States"
],
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
},
{
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"word": "suti",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
]
}
],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.",
"A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit.",
"A dress.",
"A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"Pakistan",
"derogatory",
"metonymically",
"slang"
],
"recordId": "77c72f4090bd481f0ce55b875d3e2174edfa6bdc2d0f28ba0645d4b33373cd3c",
"rawRecordSha256": "a4469982397e7f77e206a4bc85afeb69389bb487534281ba2e067916d62c2e93",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 44841
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 11,
"glosses": 0
}
}