Middle French

Noun

coissin m (plural coissins)

1. cushion (soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag used for comfort or support)

Descendants

• French: coussin

Old French

Etymology

From Latin coxa via a Vulgar Latin root *coxinum ‎(“hip, thigh”) or alternatively from Latin culcita ‎(“mattress”).

Noun

coissin m ‎(oblique plural coissins, nominative singular coissins, nominative plural coissin)

1. cushion (soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag used for comfort or support)

Descendants

• English: cushion
• French: coussin
• Italian: cuscino
• Norman: couossi

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (coussin, supplement)