kous (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch couse, from Picard Old French cauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
kous (Dutch): stocking, long sock; sock; mantle
Definitions
stocking, long sock; sock; mantle
Ancestry of “kous”, step by step
kous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.