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 EnglishquysshynA soft stuffed bag; a cushion or pillow
2Old Frenchcoissincushion
3Latincoxinum
4Latincoxahip (joint), hipbone
5Proto-Indo-Europeankoḱs-joint

Words derived from “cushion

Every word from Proto-Indo-European koḱs-Every word from Latin coxaEvery word from Latin coxinum