Etymology

chose

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Today it means: A thing; personal property. Full definition →

Middle French chose ← Latin causa
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcausa“cause, reason”
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromchose
  3. English todaychose

From Middle French chose, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”). Doublet of cause.

Words from the same roots

Latincausa all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.