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Where does “cushion” come from?

Cushion comes from Middle English cusshon, from Old French coissin, from Latin coxa meaning hip or hip joint, from Proto-Indo-European koḱs-.

cushion (English): A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag,...

Definitions

  1. A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag,...

Ancestry of “cushion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishquysshyn—
2Old Frenchcoissincushion
3Latincoxinum—
4Latincoxahip , hipbone; thigh
5Proto-Indo-Europeankoḱs-joint

Words derived from “cushion”

  • cushiony
  • cushionless
  • cushionlike
  • cushions
  • 咕𠱸
  • 쿠션
  • aerchúisín
  • cúisín
  • Kuschen
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