DictionaryRoot: consuetudo
Latin
consuetudo
custom, habit
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noun / verb
costume
KAHS-toom/ˈkɑːstuːm/
Clothing characteristic of a particular identity or setting, or dressing someone in it.
Etymology
The underlying idea is custom: a costume represented the dress customary to a particular time or place. Its use in art for historically appropriate clothing connects that idea to dressing as a character or role.