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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Kushite | Alternative spelling of Cushite |
| 2 | English | Kush | Alternative letter-case form of kush |
| 3 | German | Kusch | — |
| 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 | — |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | — |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |