Search for: Choice
4221 Etymology dictionary, p. analects (n.).2
… "select, choice," verbal adjective of analegein "to gather up, collect," from ana "up" (see ana- ) + legein "to gather," also "to choose words," hence "to speak" (from PIE root *leg …
4222 Etymology dictionary, p. Angus.2
… "one choice, sole choice." From Celtic oen "one" (from PIE root *oi-no- "one, unique") + Old Irish gus "ability, excellence, strength, inclination" (from Celtic root *gustu- "choice …
4223 Etymology dictionary, p. anti-choice (adj.).1
anti-choice (adj.)
4224 Etymology dictionary, p. anti-choice (adj.).2
also antichoice, by 1978, American English, in reference to opposition to legalized abortion; from anti- + choice (n.). Compare pro-life .
4225 Etymology dictionary, p. arbitration (n.).2
… a choice or decision, judgment, discretion;" early 15c., "authority or responsibility for deciding a dispute," from Old French arbitracion and directly from …
4226 Etymology dictionary, p. arise (v.).2
… the choice between the two often was made merely for the sake of rhythm.
4227 Etymology dictionary, p. bimbo (n.).9
… of choice for the female dancers. Its resurrection during 1980s U.S. political sex scandals led to derivatives including diminutive bimbette (1983) and …
4228 Etymology dictionary, p. bio-.3
… better choice, is restricted in modern use to animal, as opposed to plant, life. Both are from the same PIE root. Compare biology .
4229 Etymology dictionary, p. bucko (n.).2
term of address, 1883, originally nautical and with a sense of "swaggering, domineering fellow." Probably from buck (n.1) in the slang sense of "a blood or choice spirit."
4230 Etymology dictionary, p. check (n.1).3
… player's choices are severely limited. From that notion come the many extended senses: From the notion of "a sudden stoppage, hindrance, restraint" (1510s) comes …
4231 Etymology dictionary, p. choice (adj.).1
choice (adj.)
4232 Etymology dictionary, p. choice (adj.).2
"worthy to be chosen, distinguished, excellent," mid-14c., from choice (n.). Related: Choiceness .
4233 Etymology dictionary, p. choice (n.).1
choice (n.)
4234 Etymology dictionary, p. choice (n.).2
… is choice," from choice (adj.) blended with earlier chois (n.) "action of selecting" (c. 1300); "power of choosing" (early 14c.), "the person or thing chosen" (late 14c.), from Old …
4235 Etymology dictionary, p. choice (n.).3
… of choice. Choice replaced Old English cyre "choice, free will," from the same base, probably because the imported word was closer to choose [see note in OED].
4236 Etymology dictionary, p. choose (v.).2
… to choice. Variant spelling chuse is Middle English, very frequent 16c.-18c. The irregular past participle leveled out to chosen by 1200.
4237 Etymology dictionary, p. cooptation (n.).2
… , 1530s, "choice, selection, mutual choice, election to fill a vacancy" on a committee, board, or society, from Latin cooptationem (nominative cooptatio ) "election …
4238 Etymology dictionary, p. cost (n.).4
In phrases such as at all costs there may be an influence or echo of obsolete cost (n.) "manner, way, course of action," from Old English cyst "choice, election, thing chosen." Compare late Old English alre coste "in any way, at all."
4239 Etymology dictionary, p. creation (n.).2
… , appointment, choice," noun of action from past-participle stem of creare "to make, bring forth, produce, beget," from PIE root *ker- (2) "to grow."
4240 Etymology dictionary, p. dainty (adj.).2
… to "choice, excellent" (late 14c.) to "delicately pretty, exhibiting exquisite taste or skill" (c. 1400). Sense of "fastidious, affectedly fine, weak, effeminate" is from …