Accustom
/əˈkʌstəm/noun
To make someone or oneself familiar with something through repeated exposure or practice.
Did you know?The word comes from the same old Latin root behind “custom,” which originally meant a habitual practice or social rite — so to accustom someone was, in a very real sense, to train them into a pattern.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
consuetudo
“habit, custom, usual practice”
Late Latin
Late Latin
accostumare
“to make accustomed, to habituate”
Old French
Old French
acostumer
“to accustom, to habituate”
Middle English
English
accustumen
“to make familiar with; to habituate”
Modern English
English
accustom
“to make familiar or used to by repeated experience”