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choix m ‎(plural choix)

From Old French chois, deverbal from Old French choisir, coisir ‎(“to differentiate, see distinctly”), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(kausjan, “to examine, perceive”), 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 ‎(kiusan, “to choose, examine”), from Proto-Germanic *keusaną ‎(“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- ‎(“to choose”).

choix m (plural choix)

From Middle French choix, from Old French chois, deverbal from Old French choisir, coisir ‎(“to differentiate, see distinctly”), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(kausjan, “to examine, perceive”), 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 ‎(kiusan, “to choose, examine”), from Proto-Germanic *keusaną ‎(“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- ‎(“to choose”). Akin to Old High German kiosan ‎(“to choose”) (whence German kiesen ‎(“to choose”)), Old English ċēosan ‎(“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa ‎(“to choose”). More at choose.