Where does “cuscino” come from?

cuscino (Italian) comes from Old French coissin, from Latin coxinum, from Latin coxa, from Proto-Indo-European koḱs- — joint.

cuscino (Italian): cushion, pillow

Definitions

  1. cushion, pillow

Ancestry of “cuscino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcoissincushion
2Latincoxinum—
3Latincoxahip (joint), hipbone
4Proto-Indo-Europeankoḱs-joint

Words derived from “cuscino”

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