coxinus
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom coxa (“thigh”) + -īnus, possibly under the influence of pulvīnus (“cushion, pillow”).
Noun
editcoxīnus m (genitive coxīnī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) cushion, pillow
- Synonym: pulvīnus
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | coxīnus | coxīnī |
Genitive | coxīnī | coxīnōrum |
Dative | coxīnō | coxīnīs |
Accusative | coxīnum | coxīnōs |
Ablative | coxīnō | coxīnīs |
Vocative | coxīne | coxīnī |
Descendants
edit- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: coxín (“cushion”)
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: coixí
- Old French: coissin, coussin, cuissin; cussin, quissin (Anglo-Norman)
- Old Galician-Portuguese:
- Galician: coxín
- Old Spanish: coxín
- Spanish: cojín
- → Proto-West Germanic: *kussīn (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- coxinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)