Where does “slumbercoach” come from?
slumbercoach (English) comes from English coach, from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō — resin, gum; to say, speak.
slumbercoach (English): A type of sleeping car
Definitions
- A type of sleeping car
Ancestry of “slumbercoach”, step by step
slumbercoach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coach
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coach | A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse... |
| 2 | Middle French | coche | — |
| 3 | German | Kutsche | carriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor... |
| 4 | French | couché | past participle of coucher; in bed |
| 5 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 6 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 7 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 8 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English slumber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | slumber | A very light state of sleep, almost awake; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | slombren | — |
| 3 | Middle English | slummen | — |
| 4 | Middle English | slumen | to doze |
| 5 | Old English | slūmian | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | slūm- | A stem meaning: slack, loose, limp, flabby |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)lew- | to sludge, to wash; loose, limp, flabby; limp,... |