souche

French

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish and Catalan soca.

Noun

souche f (plural souches)

1. stump (of a tree)
2. (viral) strain

   une souche virale inédite a fait au minimum vingt morts

   an unknown viral strain has resulted at least twenty deaths

3. (linguistics) root

   un mot de souche latine

   a word originating in Latin

4. origin

   un Américain de souche

   someone of American origin

5. (genetics) founder