Where does “gosse” come from?

gosse (French) comes from French cosse, from Latin coccia, from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας, from Ancient Greek κόχλος — shellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...

gosse (French): child, kid; testicle

Definitions

  1. child, kid; testicle

Ancestry of “gosse”, step by step

gosse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French cosse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcossepod; first-person singular present indicative of...
2Latincoccia
3Latincochleasnail; snail shell; spiral
4Ancient Greekκοχλίαςsnail with a spiral-shell; spiral; spiral, snail...
5Ancient Greekκόχλοςshellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...

via French gousse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgousselegume; clove
2Middle Frenchgousse
3Old Frenchgose

Words derived from “gosse

Every word from Ancient Greek κόχλοςEvery word from Ancient Greek κοχλίαςEvery word from Latin cochlea
gosse — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer