Where does “cuisse” come from?

cuisse (French) comes from Old French cuisse, from Late Latin coxa, from Latin coxa, from Proto-Indo-European koḱs- — joint.

cuisse (French): thigh

Definitions

  1. thigh

Ancestry of “cuisse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcuissethigh
2Late Latincoxathigh; hip , hipbone
3Latincoxahip (joint), hipbone
4Proto-Indo-Europeankoḱs-joint

Words derived from “cuisse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European koḱs- →Every word from Latin coxa →Every word from Late Latin coxa →