kous
Afrikaans
/kœus/
noun
Definitions
- stocking, long sock
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish kous (stocking, mantle) inherited from Middle Dutch couse derived from cauce derived from Latin calcea, calceus (shoe).
Origin
Latin
calceus
Gloss
shoe
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- calced English
- *calcea Latin
- calcea Latin
- calcearium Latin
- calceo Latin
- calceolus Latin
- calceus Latin
- calx Latin
- achterkousig Dutch, Flemish
- babbelkous Dutch, Flemish
- gloeikous Dutch, Flemish
- kniekous Dutch, Flemish
- kous Dutch, Flemish
- kousenband Dutch, Flemish
- netkous Dutch, Flemish
- nylonkous Dutch, Flemish
- slobkous Dutch, Flemish
- steunkous Dutch, Flemish
- calzones Spanish, Castilian
- kovs Danish
- couse Middle Dutch
- cauche Norman
- калец Macedonian
- калчун Macedonian
- calcetu Asturian
- càusi Sicilian
- ikawusi Xhosa
- kowsu Sranan Tongo
- cauce fro-pic