Choose
/tʃuːz/noun
To select from a number of options.
Did you know?“Choose” and “taste” are distant cousins through Proto-Indo-European *geus-*, a root linked to trying, testing, and judging what is fit.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*geus-
“to taste, try, test, or choose”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*keusaną
“to choose, pick out, or examine”
Old English
English
ceosan
“to choose, select, or decide”
Middle English
English
chosen
“to select or pick out”
Modern English
English
choose
“to select from a number of options”