Where does “coachdog” come from?
coachdog (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.
coachdog (English): A breed of dog trained to accompany carriages;...
Definitions
- A breed of dog trained to accompany carriages;...
Ancestry of “coachdog”, step by step
coachdog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coach
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coach | A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse... |
| 2 | Middle French | coche | — |
| 3 | German | Kutsche | carriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor... |
| 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 | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English dog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dog | A mammal, "Canis familiaris" or "Canis lupus... |
| 2 | English | dogshit | Dog excrement; Something disgusting, abominable,... |
| 3 | English | shit | Solid excretory product evacuated from the... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | schite | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | skīta | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | skiti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skītaz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱeyd- | to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |