English
consuetudinal
Consuetudinal comes from Latin cōnsuētūdō ‘the act of habituating’, from suēscō ‘become used or accustomed to’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁-sḱ-e-ti.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swe-dʰh₁-sḱ-e-ti1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuēscō2‘become used or accustomed to’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsuēscō2‘accustom, habituate’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsuētūdō3‘the act of habituating’
- Englishearliest quotation 1985consuetudinal3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin suesco
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin consuetudo
- 3 Wiktionary, English consuetudinal
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language: “The loss of ye, hath, unto, and a consuetudinal…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swe-dʰh₁-sḱ-e-tiWiktionary, Latin suescoreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuēscōWiktionary, Latin consuetudo‘become used or accustomed to’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsuēscōWiktionary, Latin consuetudo‘accustom, habituate’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsuētūdōWiktionary, English consuetudinal‘the act of habituating’
- Englishearliest quotation 1985consuetudinalWiktionary, English consuetudinal. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language: “The loss of ye, hath, unto, and a consuetudinal…”
Linked words
through Latin cōnsuēscō ‘accustom, habituate’
through Latin cōnsuētūdō ‘the act of habituating’
Today it means
adj According to custom; customary; usual.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “consuetudinal”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin suesco, Latin consuetudo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁-sḱ-e-ti / consuetudinal