Implicatures of 'choice'

by JLS
for the GC

"only remotely related to choice", this Online Etymology for 'choose' reads:


choose . O.E. ceosan "choose, taste, try" (class II strong verb; past tense "ceas," pp. "coren"), from P. Gmc. *keusanan (cf. O.Fris. kiasa, O.S. kiosan, Du. kiezen, O.H.G. kiosan, Ger. kiesen, O.N. kjosa, Goth. kiusan "choose"), from PIE base *geus- "to taste, relish" (see gusto). Only remotely related to choice. Variant spelling chuse is M.E., very frequent 16c.-18c. The irregular pp. leveled out to chosen by 1200.

So, the idea is that it is a conversational implicature?

Why 'remotely related'. HOW.

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In any case, the cognateness with 'gusto' is a good one. Since surely one chooses what it pleases one (or two).