codoin
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cotōneum, from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion). Cognate with Occitan codonh, codoing and Italian cotogna.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
codoin oblique singular, m (oblique plural codoinz, nominative singular codoinz, nominative plural codoin)
- quince
- c. 1150 CE, Guillaume de Berneville, La vie de saint Gilles[1], lines 1925-1929:
- Cooinz, permeins, pesches e fies
E alemandes e alies
E autres fruiz assez plusurs,
Ki jettent les bones flairurs.- Quinces, pears, peaches, and figs,
And almonds, and whitebeam berries,
And a great many other fruits,
which the good flowers produce.
- Quinces, pears, peaches, and figs,
Descendants edit
References edit
- Etymology and history of “coing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.