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

  1. The role or position of accoucheur

Ancestry of “accoucheurship”, step by step

accoucheurship traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English accoucheur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaccoucheurA person who delivers a baby
2Frenchaccoucheurmidwife; obstetrician
3Frenchaccoucherto go into labour
4Frenchcoucherto lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to...
5Middle Frenchcoucherto put to bed; setting
6Old Frenchcouchierto go to bed; to have sex; bedtime
7Latincollocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange
8Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
20Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via English ship

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshipA water-borne vessel generally larger than a...
2EnglishrelationshipConnection or association; the condition of being...
3EnglishrelationThe manner in which two things may be associated;...
4Middle Englishrelacion
5Old Frenchrelacion
6Latinrelātiōcarrying or bringing back
7Latinreferōto bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away
8Latinrĕ-back, backwards
9Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
10Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
11Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
14Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-