desuetude

Meaningto grow out of use

Common meaning: disuse

desuetudeto grow out of useSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 163 · scan

Journey through time

Latindesuescere‘to grow out of use’source
Latinmeaning shiftsto grow out of use → disusedesuetudo‘disuse’source
Englishdesuetude‘disuse’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin desuescere ‘to grow out of use’.

Roots

desuescere Latin “to grow out of use”

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