to follow, go after smb.
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to suit (of clothes etc.)
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Anglo-Norman | |
| language 2 | English | |
| lexeme 1 | suite | |
| lexeme 2 | suit | |
| meaning 1 | pursuit (act of pursuing) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (said of clothes, hairstyle or other fashion item, transitive); to be suitable or apt for one's image | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | Anglo-Norman suite and Old French sieute, siute 'pursuit (act of pursuing)', originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita, from Latin sequi 'to follow', because the component garments "follow each other", i.e. are worn together. |
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