Customs can also be personal, such as getting a coffee on the way to work every day, or eating at the same restaurant every Friday. Customs vary from place to place based on the culture, and the word is often used in phrases like local custom and national custom. For Americans, a common Thanksgiving custom is having a large dinner, especially turkey. Sociologists tend to think of customs as cultural habits that are passed down from generation to generation. It comes from the Middle English custume, from the Old French costume, tracing all the way back to the Latin consuēscere, which means “to grow accustomed to” and comes from the Latin suēscere, “to be used to.”
Custom has been in use in English since at least 1200.
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