suit
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About This Root
From Old French suite (a following), ultimately from Latin sequī (to follow). The "following" sense evolved into matching or fitting: a suit of clothes (items that follow/match each other), suitable (fit to follow along), lawsuit (a legal following/pursuit), and suite (a set of rooms or music pieces that follow in sequence).
Associated Words
custom
A traditional social practice; customs duties; made to individual specifications
lawsuit
A legal case brought to court by one party against another
suit
A matching set of clothes; to be appropriate for someone
suitable
Right or appropriate for a particular purpose
suitcase
A large rectangular piece of luggage used for carrying clothes when travelling
suite
A set of connected hotel rooms; a group of attendants; a musical composition of several movements
suited
Appropriate or well-matched for a particular purpose or person
unsuitable
Not appropriate or fit for a purpose