The French roots of the word 'couture'

'Couture' is a word borrowed from French 'cousture'. The word entered the English language some time around 1908.

couture [noun] [1908]

• the business of designing, making, and selling fashionable custom-made women's clothing
• the designers and establishments engaged in couture
• the clothes created by couture

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Etymology: French, from Old French 'cousture' sewing, from Vulgar Latin '*consutura' from Latin 'consutus' past participle of 'consuere' to sew together, from 'com-' + 'suere' to sew

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