Where does “coachfellow” come from?

coachfellow (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.

coachfellow (English): One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach;...

Definitions

  1. One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach;...

Ancestry of “coachfellow”, step by step

coachfellow 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 fellow

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfellowA colleague or partner; A companion; a comrade; A...
2Middle EnglishfelaweA partner, friend, or colleague; one linked with...
3Old Englishfēolagacompanion, partner, colleague
4Old Norsefélagione with whom one has joined one's property;...
5Old Norsefélagfellowship, partnership
6Old Norsecattle; livestock; property, money
7Proto-Germanicfehulivestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-
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