cuisse
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Definition of cuisse
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noun
- Defensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ 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…
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ 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.
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