Choice
Middle English: from Old French chois, from choisir ‘choose’, of Germanic origin and related to choose.
wiktionary
From Middle English chois, from Old French chois(“choice”), from choisir(“to choose, perceive”), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *causīre(“to choose”), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽( kausjan, “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną, from *keusaną(“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-(“to choose”). Akin to Old High German kiosan(“to choose”), Old English ċēosan(“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa(“to choose”). More at choose.
The adjectival meaning of "especially good, preferred, select" was likely influenced by Middle English chyse, chys, chis(“choice, excellent”), from Old English ċīs, *ċīes(“choice; dainty; nice”), related to Old English ċēosan(“to choose”).
etymonline
choice (n.)
mid-14c., "that which is choice," from choice (adj.) blended with earlier chois (n.) "action of selecting" (c. 1300); "power of choosing" (early 14c.), "the person or thing chosen" (late 14c.), from Old French chois "one's choice; fact of having a choice" (12c., Modern French choix), from verb choisir "to choose, distinguish, discern; recognize, perceive, see," which is from Frankish or some other Germanic source and related to Old English ceosan "to choose, taste, try" (from PIE root *geus- "to taste; to choose").
Late Old English chis "fastidious, choosy," from or related to ceosan, probably also contributed to the development of choice. Choice replaced Old English cyre "choice, free will," from the same base, probably because the imported word was closer to choose [see note in OED].
choice (adj.)
"worthy to be chosen, distinguished, excellent," mid-14c., from choice (n.). Related: Choiceness.
