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souche.

stump (of a tree)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/suʃ/

  1. stump (of a tree)

    feminine

  2. strain

    feminine
    une souche virale inédite a fait au minimum vingt morts

  3. root

    broadly · feminine
    un mot de souche latine

  4. origin

    broadly · feminine
    un Américain de souche

  5. founder

    broadly · feminine
Where this word comes from

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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