choice

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The chance or right to choose between two or more things.

   Do I have a choice of what colour to paint it?

2. 2
   noun

   The thing or person that someone chooses.

   The chocolate sundae is a popular choice for dessert.

3. 3
   noun

   The range of different things you can choose from.

   The menu offers a wide choice of dishes.

4. 4
   adj

   Of very high quality.

   The shop sells only choice cuts of meat.

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Simplified etymology

Choice entered Middle English through Old French chois, replacing an Old English equivalent. Although borrowed from French, it ultimately shares its root with the native Germanic verb choose.

From Middle English chois, from Old French chois (“choice”), from choisir (“to choose, perceive”), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *causīre (“to choose”), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną, from *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.

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