Etymology

cottise

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Today it means: A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge. Full definition →

Middle French cotice ← Latin costa
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  1. Latin · derived fromcosta“rib”
  2. Middle French · derived fromcotice
  3. English todaycottise

From Middle French cotice, costice, from côte + -ice, from Latin costa (“rib”).

Words from the same roots

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