Where does “cozener” come from?
cozener (English) comes from English cozen, from Italian cozzonare, from Italian cozzone, from Latin cocio, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
cozener (English): An imposter, a swindler
Ancestry of “cozener”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cozen | To become cozy; to become acquainted,... |
| 2 | Italian | cozzonare | to cheat |
| 3 | Italian | cozzone | middleman, broker |
| 4 | Latin | cocio | a broker, factor |
| 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 | — |
| 11 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |