FromFrenchcuisse(“thigh”); compareFrenchcuissard,Old Frenchcuissot(“armour for the thigh, cuish”).Doublet ofcoxa.
cuisse (pluralcuisses)
Inherited fromOld Frenchcuisse,quisse, fromVulgar Latin orLate Latincoxa(“thigh”), fromLatincoxa(“hip”). Comparehanche.
FromVulgar Latin orLate Latincoxa(“thigh”), fromLatincoxa(“hip”).
cuisseoblique singular, f (oblique pluralcuisses,nominative singularcuisse,nominative pluralcuisses)