chauce
Old French
Alternative forms
- chalce, calches
- chauche, cauche, cauce
Etymology
From early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).
Pronunciation
- (archaic) IPA(key): /ˈtʃaltsə/, (northern) /ˈkaltʃə/
- (classical) IPA(key): /ˈtʃau̯tsə/, (northern) /ˈkau̯tʃə/
Noun
chauce f (oblique plural chauces, nominative singular chauce, nominative plural chauces)
- stocking, hose (garment worn on the foot and leg)
Derived terms
- chaucier m, chauciere f
Descendants
- Middle French: chausse
- French: chausse
- → English: chausse
- French: chausse
- Norman: cauche
- Walloon: tchåsse
- → Middle Dutch: couse
- Dutch: kous (see there for further descendants)
References
- chauce on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “calceus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 70