- cushion
- 1302, from O.Fr. coissin "seat cushion," probably a var. of V.L. *coxinum, from L. coxa "hip, thigh," or from L. culcita "mattress." Someone has counted more than 400 spellings of the pl. of this word in M.E. wills and inventories. The verb, in the figurative sense, is from 1863.