Where does “coissin” come from?

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

coissin (Old French): cushion

Definitions

  1. cushion

Ancestry of “coissin”, step by step

coissin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin coxinum

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

via Vulgar Latin coxinus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latincoxinusseat pad

Words derived from “coissin”

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