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Where does “cossette” come from?

cossette (English) comes from French cossette, from French cosse, from Latin coccia, from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας, from Ancient Greek κόχλος — shellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...

cossette (English): One of the thin strips into which sugar beets are...

Definitions

  1. One of the thin strips into which sugar beets are...

Ancestry of “cossette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchcossetteA cossette
2Frenchcossepod; first-person singular present indicative of...
3Latincoccia—
4Latincochleasnail; snail shell; spiral
5Ancient Greekκοχλίαςsnail with a spiral-shell; spiral; spiral, snail...
6Ancient Greekκόχλοςshellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...
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