coissin

Middle French

Etymology

From later Old French coissin, from Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (“seat pad”), derived from Latin coxa (“hip, thigh”) with the suffix possibly after Latin pulvīnus (“pillow”).

Noun

coissin m (plural coissins)

1. cushion (soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag used for comfort or support)

Descendants

• French: coussin (see there for further descendants)

Old French

Alternative forms

• coussin, cuissin
• cussin, quissin (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (“seat pad”), derived from Latin coxa (“hip, thigh”) with the suffix possibly after Latin pulvīnus (“pillow”).

Noun

coissin oblique singular, m (oblique plural coissins, nominative singular coissins, nominative plural coissin)

1. cushion (soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag used for comfort or support)

Descendants

• Middle French: coissin
  • French: coussin (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: couossi
• Walloon: cossén
• → Italian: cuscino
• → Middle English: quysshyn
  • English: cushion (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: cushin
• → Sicilian: cuscinu
• → Venetian: cusin

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (coussin, supplement)