Etymology

couter

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Today it means: A piece of armor which covers the elbow. Full definition →

Middle English couter ← French coudière
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couter · noun1

  1. French · derived fromcoudière
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcouter
  3. English todaycouter

From Middle English couter, said to be from an Anglo-French variant couter, cuter of continental French coudière, from coute (“elbow”).

couter · noun2

Perhaps from "Danubian-Gipsy cuta, gold coin", compare Romani kotor (“piece, fragment”), reportedly used for a guinea.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcoudière all →

coudiere

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