Where does “coachwoman” come from?
coachwoman (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.
coachwoman (English): A woman who drives a horse-drawn coach, a female...
Definitions
- A woman who drives a horse-drawn coach, a female...
Ancestry of “coachwoman”, step by step
coachwoman 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 woman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 2 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 3 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 4 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |