Consuetude
/ˈkɒn.swɪ.tjuːd/noun
A long-established custom or habit.
Did you know?Consuetude entered English through Anglo-French and Old French legal language, ultimately from Latin consuetudo, a word tied to the idea that repeated behavior can harden into binding social reality.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sweyd-
“to be accustomed; to follow a habit”
Latin
Latin
consuēscere
“to become accustomed, to grow used to”
Latin
Latin
consuētūdō
“habit, custom, established usage”
Old French
OF
consuetude
“custom, usage; established practice”
Middle English
English
consuetude
“custom, habit, usage”
Modern English
English
consuetude
“a long-established custom or practice”