## Meanings
1. A set of matching clothes, usually a jacket with trousers or a skirt.
2. To be convenient or acceptable to someone.
3. To look good on someone or be right for them.
4. A legal case brought to a court of law.

## Examples
- He wore a dark suit to the interview.
- This time suits me well.
- That colour really suits you.
- The family brought a suit against the landlord.

## Derived Forms
- airsuit
- antisuit
- battlesuit
- besuit
- biosuit
- birthday-suit
- bodysuit
- catsuit
- countersuit
- cybersuit
- diving-suit
- drysuit

## Related Forms
- prosecute
- suitable
- suite

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sekʷ-
- Root: sute
- Root: suite
- Root: sieute
- Root: *sequita
- Root: sequi

## Etymology
From Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite and Old French sieute, siute (modern suite), originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita (for secūta), from Latin sequi (“to follow”), because the component garments "follow each other", i.e. are worn together. See also the doublet suite. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Related to sue and segue.

## AI Etymology
Suit is from Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite and Old French sieute, siute (modern suite), originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita (for secūta), from Latin sequi (“to follow”), because the component garments "follow each other", i.e. are worn together. See also the doublet suite. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Related to sue and segue. In present-day use, it can mean a set of matching clothes, usually a jacket with trousers or a skirt, or to be convenient or acceptable to someone.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance
- Law & Government

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