chauce

Old French

Alternative forms

• chalce, calches
• chauche, cauche, cauce

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃaltsə/, (northern) /ˈkaltʃə/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃau̯tsə/, (northern) /ˈkau̯tʃə/

Noun

chauce oblique singular, f (oblique plural chauces, nominative singular chauce, nominative plural chauces)

1. stocking, hose (garment worn on the foot and leg)

Derived terms

• chaucier m, chauciere f

Descendants

• Middle French: chausse
  • French: chausse
    • → English: chausse
• Norman: cauche
• Walloon: tchåsse
• → Middle Dutch: couse
  • Dutch: kous (see there for further descendants)

References

• chauce on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “calceus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 70