Choice Definition
- Preferred above others of the same kind or set:
- that is or are preferred
medically the treatment of choice
Other Word Forms of Choice
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Origin of Choice
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Middle English chois, from Old French chois (“choice”), from choisir (“to choose, perceive”), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *causīre (“to choose”) from Gothic * (*kausjan, “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”). Akin to Old High German kiosan (“to choose”), Old English ċēosan (“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa (“to choose”). More at choose.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English chois from Old French from choisir to choose from Vulgar Latin causīre of Germanic origin geus- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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