Etymology

chevin

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Today it means: A chub (fish). Full definition →

Old French chevesne
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromchevesne“chub”
  2. English todaychevin

From Old French chevesne (“chub”), perhaps from chef (“head”). Compare chavender.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.