Where does “couch doctor” come from?
couch doctor (English) comes from English Couch, from Middle English couche, from Old French couche, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
couch doctor (English): A psychiatrist
Ancestry of “couch doctor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Couch | — |
| 2 | Middle English | couche | A bed; A bedroom; the room where one sleeps in; A... |
| 3 | Old French | couche | — |
| 4 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 5 | Latin | collocō | — |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |