custom

English

/ˈkʌstəm/

noun
Definitions
  • Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
  • Traditional beliefs or rituals
  • (UK) Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, factory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
  • (legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
  • (obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
  • (archaic) toll, tax, or tribute.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English custume derived from custume derived from Old French coustume derived from Latin *cōnsuētūmen, cōnsuētūdinem derived from Old Latin com derived from Proto-Italic *kom derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (with, along, next to, at, by, beside, near), *swe-dʰh₁-sk-, *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰeh₁-

Gloss

put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

哺

Emoji

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