coissin
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Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From later Old French coissin, from Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (“seat pad”), derived from Latin coxa (“hip, thigh”) with the suffix possibly after Latin pulvīnus (“pillow”).
Noun[edit]
coissin m (plural coissins)
- cushion (soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag used for comfort or support)
Descendants[edit]
- French: coussin (see there for further descendants)
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (“seat pad”), derived from Latin coxa (“hip, thigh”) with the suffix possibly after Latin pulvīnus (“pillow”).
Noun[edit]
coissin oblique singular, m (oblique plural coissins, nominative singular coissins, nominative plural coissin)
- cushion (soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag used for comfort or support)
Descendants[edit]
- Middle French: coissin
- French: coussin (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: couossi
- Walloon: cossén
- → Italian: cuscino
- → Middle English: quysshyn
- → Sicilian: cuscinu
- → Venetian: cusin
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (coussin, supplement)
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