Where does “sheepcote” come from?
sheepcote (English) comes from English cote, from French Côte, from Middle French costé, from Old French costé, from Latin costātus, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.
sheepcote (English): A small building for sheltering sheep
Definitions
- A small building for sheltering sheep
Ancestry of “sheepcote”, step by step
sheepcote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cote | A cottage or hut; A small structure built to... |
| 2 | French | Côte | — |
| 3 | Middle French | costé | side |
| 4 | Old French | costé | side |
| 5 | Latin | costātus | ribbed |
| 6 | Latin | costa | a rib; a side, a wall |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kost- | — |
via English sheep
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sheep | A woolly ruminant of the genus "Ovis"; A timid,... |
| 2 | Middle English | sheep | sheep |
| 3 | Old English | sċēap | sheep |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | skāp | sheep |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skapą | shape |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |