Where does “Kushitic” come from?
Kushitic (English) comes from English Kushite, from English Kush, from German Kusch, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō — resin.
Kushitic (English): Alternative spelling of Cushitic
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of Cushitic
Ancestry of “Kushitic”, step by step
Kushitic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Kushite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Kushite | Alternative spelling of Cushite |
| 2 | English | Kush | Alternative letter-case form of kush |
| 3 | German | Kusch | lie down!, be quiet! |
| 4 | French | couché | past participle of coucher; in bed |
| 5 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 6 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 7 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 8 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |