Where does “coachbuilder” come from?

coachbuilder (English) comes from English coach, from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō — resin, gum; to say, speak.

coachbuilder (English): A builder of horse-drawn coaches; A person or...

Definitions

  1. A builder of horse-drawn coaches; A person or...

Ancestry of “coachbuilder”, step by step

coachbuilder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English coach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoachA wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse...
2Middle Frenchcoche
3GermanKutschecarriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor...
4Frenchcouchépast participle of coucher; in bed
5Frenchcoucherto lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to...
6Middle Frenchcoucherto put to bed; setting
7Old Frenchcouchierto go to bed; to have sex; bedtime
8Latincollocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange
9Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
10Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
11Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
12Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt
16Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
17Old High Germankuti
18Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
19Proto-Germanickweduzresin
20Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak

via English builder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbuilderA person who builds or constructs things; Master...
2English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
3Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
4Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
5Latin-ārefirst conjugation
6Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-