Where does “coconut embryo” come from?
coconut embryo (English) comes from English coconut, from English coco, from French coco, from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
coconut embryo (English): The cotyledon of a coconut eaten as food
Definitions
- The cotyledon of a coconut eaten as food
Ancestry of “coconut embryo”, step by step
coconut embryo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coconut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coconut | A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed |
| 2 | English | coco | Coconut palm; Coconut, the fruit of the coconut... |
| 3 | French | coco | Fruit of the coconut palm, also called noix de... |
| 4 | Middle French | coche | — |
| 5 | German | Kutsche | carriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor... |
| 6 | French | couché | past participle of coucher; in bed |
| 7 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 8 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 9 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 10 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 11 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 23 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English embryo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | embryo | In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | embryo | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἔμβρυον | a young one; embryo, fetus |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |