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Where does “chaoux” come from?
chaoux (French) comes from Turkish çavuş, from Ottoman Turkish چاوش, from Common Turkic čabïš.
Ancestry of “chaoux”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Turkish
çavuş
sergeant; noncommissioned officer
2
Ottoman Turkish
چاوش
beadle, apparitor, usher, pursuivant, messenger,...
3
Common Turkic
čabïš
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Words derived from “chaoux”
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