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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçavuşsergeant; noncommissioned officer
2Ottoman Turkishچاوشbeadle, apparitor, usher, pursuivant, messenger,...
3Common Turkicčabïš—

Words derived from “chaoux”

  • chaoux
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