fourchette etymology

French word fourchette comes from French -ette, French fourche

Detailed word origin of fourchette

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-ette French (fra)
fourche French (fra) Crotch. Fork (in the road etc.). Fork (of a bicycle). Pitchfork. Split end (hair).
fourchette French (fra) (chess) fork. (statistics) margin. Band, bracket (as of taxes). Fork (for eating). Frog (part of a horse's hoof). Wishbone.

Words with the same origin as fourchette

Descendants of -ette
allumette boulette braguette branlette camionnette casquette cassette chaussette cigare cigarette couchette cuvette devinette fillette fourgonnette gâchette lunette mallette manchette mauviette oreillette roulette serviette sœurette