choisir
French
verb
Definitions
- to choose
- (obsolete) to perceive, distinguish
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French choisir inherited from Old French choisir derived from Frankish *kausijan (choose) derived from Proto-Germanic *kausijaną, *keusaną (choose, taste, chose) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (choose, taste, enjoy, try).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵews-
Gloss
choose, taste, enjoy, try
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- choosability English
- choosable English
- choose English
- chooseable English
- chooser English
- choosest English
- chooseth English
- choosy English
- forechoose English
- gustatory English
- mischoose English
- prechoose English
- rechoose English
- unchoose English
- gustatio, gustationis Latin
- gustus Latin
- Kür German
- kören German
- küren German
- goesting Dutch, Flemish
- γεύω Ancient Greek
- *óynos Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵéwseti Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵéwstus Proto-Indo-European
- *bikuzōną Proto-Germanic
- *kaus- Proto-Germanic
- *kausijaną Proto-Germanic
- *kauzijaną Proto-Germanic
- *keusaną Proto-Germanic
- *kust- Proto-Germanic
- *kustiz Proto-Germanic
- *kustōną Proto-Germanic
- *kuziz Proto-Germanic
- *kuzą Proto-Germanic
- ceosung Old English
- cyre Old English
- geceosan Old English
- wiþceosan Old English
- ċēosan Old English
- ċīs Old English
- chosen Middle English
- afarkostalaust Old Norse
- afarkostr Old Norse
- kjósa Old Norse
- kosning Old Norse
- kosningr Old Norse
- kostnaðr Old Norse
- kyse Danish
- choisir Old French
- kjósa Icelandic
- cose Middle Dutch
- cueren Middle Dutch
- kiosan Old High German
- Fergus Old Irish
- do·goa Old Irish
- Aonghas Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Fearghas Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- kjósa Faroese
- chouaîsi Norman
- chouaîthi Norman
- kiesen Middle High German
- choisir Middle French
- 𐌲𐌰𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌿𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *keusan gmw-pro
- *kiesan Old Dutch
- *kiusat'ak Proto-Finnic
- *gus- Proto-Celtic
- *guseti Proto-Celtic
- *to-guseti, *toguseti Proto-Celtic
- *to-guso-, *toguso- Proto-Celtic
- kiosan Old Saxon
- kiusa Old Swedish
- *kausijan Frankish
- *kausjan Frankish
- kiasa Old Frisian
- chwazi Haitian, Haitian Creole
- swazire Mauritian Creole
- 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 Old Persian
- swazi Seychellois Creole