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Where does “cooing” come from?

cooing (Old French) comes from Late Latin cotoneum, from Latin malum cotoneum, from Latin malum Cydonium — Cydonian apple.

cooing (Old French): quince

Definitions

  1. quince

Ancestry of “cooing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincotoneuma quince
2Latinmalum cotoneumAlternative form of mālum cotōnium; quince tree
3Latinmalum CydoniumCydonian apple

Words derived from “cooing”

  • quince
  • quincelike
  • coing
  • coins
  • quince
  • coince
  • coin
  • ควินซ์
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