accouter

Etymology

Accouter comes from Middle French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, from Vulgar Latin acconsūtūrāre (“to equip with clothes”), from Latin ad (“to”) plus consūtūra (“sewing, clothes”), from Latin cōnsuō (“to sew together”), formed from Latin con- (“together”) and suō (“to sew”). It is first recorded in the 1590s.