Where does “chose” come from?
chose (French) comes from Middle French chose, from Old French chose, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.
chose (French): thing
Ancestry of “chose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | chose | thing |
| 2 | Old French | chose | thing |
| 3 | Latin | causa | cause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | caussa | cause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kawd-teh₂ | — |
Words derived from “chose”