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Where does “chôse” come from?

chôse (Norman) comes from Old French chose, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.

chôse (Norman): thing

Definitions

  1. thing

Ancestry of “chôse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchosething
2Latincausacause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,...
3Old Latincaussacause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankawd-teh₂—
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