cooing

cooing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːɪŋ/

Verb

cooing

1. present participle of coo

Noun

cooing (plural cooings)

1. A coo; a cooing sound.

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Old French

FWOTD – 6 July 2017

Etymology

From Latin cotōneum, from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion). Cognate with Occitan codonh, codoing and Italian cotogna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈõɲ/

Noun

cooing m (oblique plural cooinz, nominative singular cooinz, nominative plural cooing)

1. quince
   • c. 1150 CE, de Berneville, Guillaume, La vie de saint Gilles‎, lines 1925-1929:

     Cooinz, permeins, pesches e fies
     E alemandes e alies
     E autres fruiz assez plusurs,
     Ki jettent les bones flairurs.

     Quinces, pears, peaches, and figs,
     And almonds, and whitebeam berries,
     And a great many other fruits,
     which the good flowers produce.

Descendants

• French: coing
• → Middle English: coyn, quyn, coing, coigne, quoyne
  • Scots: coyne (obsolete)
  • ⇒ Middle English: quynce, quyns, qwince, quince, quence, qwyns, coynce
    • English: quince
    • Scots: quince