chism
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUncertain. Possibly from *chissen, a plural of Middle English chis, chys (“sprout”), variant of Middle English chithe, from Old English ċīþ, from Proto-West Germanic *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþą.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchism (plural chisms)
Related terms
editVerb
editchism (third-person singular simple present chisms, present participle chisming, simple past and past participle chismed)
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms with unknown etymologies
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English dialectal terms
- English verbs