Where does “accoucheur” come from?
accoucheur (English) comes from French accoucheur, from French accoucher, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
accoucheur (English): A person who delivers a baby
Definitions
- A person who delivers a baby
Ancestry of “accoucheur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | accoucheur | midwife; obstetrician |
| 2 | French | accoucher | to give birth , to go into labour; to deliver |
| 3 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 4 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 5 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 6 | Latin | collocō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “accoucheur”