Proto-Indo-European

*koḱs-

‘joint’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-, most familiar first.

• cushion ← quysshyn ← coissin ← *coxīnus ← coxa
• coxa ← *koksā ← *kóḱseh₂
• coxal ← coxalis ← coxa ← *koksā ← *kóḱseh₂
• coxinha ← coxa ← coixa ← coxa ← *koksā
• cuisse ← coxa ← *koksā ← *kóḱseh₂
• quisset ← cuisse ← *koksā ← *kóḱseh₂
• sennit ← coussinet ← coussin ← coissin ← coxīnus

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-