Feminine
souche
Meaning
- (feminine) stump (of a tree)
- (feminine) strain
- (broadly, feminine) root
- (broadly, feminine) origin
- (broadly, feminine) founder
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/suʃ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French souche, from Old French çoche, from Vulgar Latin *tsucca, from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Cognate with Catalan and Spanish soca, Sicilian zuccu. More at English stock.
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