Where does “couch-potatoey” come from?
couch-potatoey (English) comes from English couch potato, from English Couch, from Middle English couche, from Old French couche, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
couch-potatoey (English): Like a couch potato; sedentary
Definitions
- Like a couch potato; sedentary
Ancestry of “couch-potatoey”, step by step
couch-potatoey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English couch potato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | couch potato | A person who spends a lot of time sitting or... |
| 2 | English | Couch | An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa |
| 3 | Middle English | couche | A bed; A bedroom; the room where one sleeps in; A... |
| 4 | Old French | couche | — |
| 5 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 6 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English ey
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ey | An egg; An island; 1975 August 23, Black, Judie,... |
| 2 | English | they | A group of people, animals, plants, or objects... |
| 3 | English | the'e | Pronunciation spelling of there |
| 4 | English | there | In a place or location at some distance from the... |
| 5 | Old English | þær | there |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | þār | there |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þar | there, in that place |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tar- | there |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |