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
Definitions
- An imposter, a swindler
Ancestry of “cozener”, step by step
cozener traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cozen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 11 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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... |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |