Latin

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Etymology

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PIE word
*ḱóm
PIE word
*swé

From con- +‎ suēscō (become accustomed to). First element con- derives from cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (with, along). Second element suēscō is from Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁-sk-, from *swé (self) + *dʰeh₁- (to put, place, set); related to Latin suus (one's own, his own).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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cōnsuēscō (present infinitive cōnsuēscere, perfect active cōnsuēvī, supine cōnsuētum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to accustom, inure or habituate, tend to
    Synonyms: assoleō, soleō, adsuēscō, assuēfaciō, cōnsuēfaciō
  2. to accustom one's self to, to get used to
  3. (in the perfective) to be wont to, have accustomed one's self (to), be used to
  4. to have sexual intercourse with

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Descendants

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  • Romansch: cudescher

References

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  • consuesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • consuesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • consuesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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