Where does “pine nut” come from?
pine nut (English) comes from English coconut, from English coco, from French coco, from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
pine nut (English): The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra, and Pinus cembroides
Definitions
- The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra, and Pinus cembroides
Ancestry of “pine nut”, step by step
pine nut traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English coconut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coconut | A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed |
| 2 | English | coco | Coconut palm; Coconut, the fruit of the coconut... |
| 3 | French | coco | Fruit of the coconut palm, also called noix de... |
| 4 | Middle French | coche | — |
| 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 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 23 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English pineapple
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pineapple | A tropical plant, "Ananas comosus", native to... |
| 2 | Middle English | pinappel | pinecone |
| 3 | Latin | pinnāculum | a peak, pinnacle |
| 4 | Latin | Pinna | A city of the Vestini situated on the eastern slope of the Apennines, now the town of Penne |
| 5 | Latin | penna | wing; feather, especially a flight-feather;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | petnā | feather; wing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂r̥ | wing; feather |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |