choice

choice
choice (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. chois (12c., Mod.Fr. choix), from verb choisir "to choose," from a Germanic source (Cf. Gothic kausjan "to taste, test"), from P.Gmc. base *kaus-, *keus-, from PIE root *geus- "to taste, choose" (see GUSTO (Cf. gusto)). Replaced Old English cyre "choice, free will," from the same base, probably because the imported word was closer to CHOOSE (Cf. choose). Sense of "that which is preferable to be chosen, the flower, the elite" is from late 15c., from adjective in this sense (mid-14c.).

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