choice

choice · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵews-“to choose”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kauzijaną
3. Gothic · derived from𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽“to make a choice, taste, test, choose”
4. Vulgar Latin · derived from*causīre“to choose”
5. Old French · derived fromchois“choice”
6. Middle English · inherited fromchois
7. English todaychoice

From Middle English chois, from Old French chois (“choice”), from choisir (“to choose, perceive”), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *causīre (“to choose”), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną, from *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”). Akin to Old High German kiosan (“to choose”), Old English ċēosan (“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa (“to choose”). More at choose.

choice · adjective, interjection²

1. Old English · inherited fromċīes“choice; dainty; nice”
2. Middle English · inherited fromchyse
3. Middle English · inherited fromchoys
4. English todaychoice

From Middle English choys, from a merger of the noun above and Middle English chyse, chuse, chys, chis (“choice, excellent”), from Old English ċīes (“choice; dainty; nice”), related to Old English ċēosan (“to choose”).

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