Where does “couchette” come from?
couchette (English) comes from French couchette, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
couchette (English): A couch; A compartment on a passenger train...
Definitions
- A couch; A compartment on a passenger train...
Ancestry of “couchette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | couchette | sleeping berth |
| 2 | French | couché | past participle of coucher; in bed |
| 3 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 4 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 5 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 6 | Latin | collocō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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,... |