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coign

Meaningwedge

Common meaning: corner or projecting angle of a building

Journey through time

  1. Latincuneus‘wedge’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftswedge → cornercoing‘corner’source
  3. Englishcoign‘corner or projecting angle of a building’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin cuneus ‘wedge’.

Roots

Related words

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