cuisse

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂

Proto-Italic *koksā

Late Latin coxa

Old French cuisse

French cuissebor.

English cuisse

Borrowed from French cuisse (“thigh”), from Old French cuisse, from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂. Compare French cuissard, Old French cuissot (“armour for the thigh, cuish”). Doublet of coxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwɪs/, /kwiːs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪs, -iːs

Noun

cuisse (plural cuisses)

1. Defensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.

   Synonyms: cuisset, cuissette, cuisser, cush

   Coordinate terms: cuissard, chausse, chausson

Alternative forms

• cuish, quish, quisse

See also

• quisser, quisset

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂

Proto-Italic *koksā

Late Latin coxa

Old French cuisse

French cuisse

Inherited from Old French cuisse, from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɥis/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Paris)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Rhymes: -ɥis
• Homophone: cuisses

Noun

cuisse f (plural cuisses)

1. (anatomy) thigh
2. (dialectal) segment, quarter of some fruits (like oranges)

Derived terms

• avoir la cuisse accueillante
• avoir la cuisse gaie
• avoir la cuisse hospitalière
• avoir la cuisse légère
• écarter les cuisses
• se croire sorti de la cuisse de Jupiter

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: kwis
• → English: cuish, cuisse, quish

Further reading

• “cuisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• cuises

Old French

Alternative forms

• quisse

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂

Proto-Italic *koksā

Late Latin coxa

Old French cuisse

Inherited from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂.

Noun

cuisse oblique singular, f (oblique plural cuisses, nominative singular cuisse, nominative plural cuisses)

1. thigh

Descendants

• French: cuisse
  • Haitian Creole: kwis
  • → English: cuish, cuisse, quish
• Bourguignon: cueusse
• Champenois: cueche
• Gallo: qhesse
• Lorrain: cueuche
• Norman: tchuisse, tchusse, tchiêsse, tchiesse, kyis
• Walloon: coxhe
• → Walloon: cwisse