Where does “accoucheurship” come from?
accoucheurship (English) comes from English accoucheur, from French accoucheur, from French accoucher, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
accoucheurship (English): The role or position of accoucheur
Definitions
- The role or position of accoucheur
Ancestry of “accoucheurship”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | accoucheur | A person who delivers a baby |
| 2 | French | accoucheur | midwife; obstetrician |
| 3 | French | accoucher | to give birth , to go into labour; to deliver |
| 4 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 5 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 6 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 7 | Latin | collocō | — |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |