Where does “chosen” come from?

chosen (English) comes from Middle English chosen, from Old English ċēosan, from Proto-West Germanic keusan, from Proto-Germanic keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵews- — to taste, try.

chosen (English): past participle of choose; picked; selected;...

Definitions

  1. past participle of choose; picked; selected;...

Ancestry of “chosen”, step by step

chosen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English chosen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishchosenchosen; to choose
2Old Englishċēosanto choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test,...
3Proto-West Germanickeusanto choose
4Proto-Germanickeusanąto test, to try; to choose
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵews-to taste, try

via Japanese 朝鮮

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese朝鮮Korea; the Korean peninsula; North Korea
2Chinese朝鮮Gojoseon ancient Korean kingdom

Words derived from “chosen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵews- →Every word from Proto-Germanic keusaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic keusan →