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Where does “couchlike” come from?

couchlike (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,...

couchlike (English): Resembling a couch or some aspect of one

Definitions

  1. Resembling a couch or some aspect of one

Ancestry of “couchlike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCouch—
2Middle EnglishcoucheA bed; A bedroom; the room where one sleeps in; A...
3Old Frenchcouche—
4Old Frenchcouchierto go to bed; to have sex; bedtime
5Latincollocō—
6Latincōn-—
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Germankitt—
14Old High Germankuti—
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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