Etymology

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Today it means: The wood pigeon, Columba palumbus. Full definition →

Middle English quiste ← Old English cūsċeote
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  1. Old English · inherited fromcūsċeote“wood pigeon, ringdove”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromquiste
  3. English todayquist

From Middle English quiste, quyste, quyshte, variants of Middle English couschot, cowschote, cowscott, from Old English cūsċeote (“wood pigeon, ringdove”). Doublet of cushat.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcūsċeote all →

cushat

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