Accustomed
/əˈkʌs.təmd/noun
Used to something through repeated experience; familiar with it.
Did you know?The word comes through French from Latin *consuescere*, built on *suetus* (“accustomed, habituated”), the same old root behind *custom*—so being “accustomed” literally means being trained by repetition.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*swedh-
“to be accustomed, one's own habit”
Latin
Latin
suetus
“accustomed, used to”
Latin
Latin
consuescere
“to become used to, grow accustomed”
Old French
Old French
accustumer
“to make customary, to habituate”
Middle English
English
accustumen
“to habituate, to make familiar”
Modern English
English
accustomed
“used to something; familiar through habit”
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