Where does “akuŝistino” come from?
akuŝistino (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto akuŝisto, from Esperanto akuŝo, from Esperanto akuŝi, from English accouchement, from French accouchement, from French accoucher, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher — resin, gum; to say, speak.
akuŝistino (Esperanto): midwife, accoucheuse
Ancestry of “akuŝistino”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | akuŝisto | midwife, accoucheuse |
| 2 | Esperanto | akuŝo | childbirth, delivery |
| 3 | Esperanto | akuŝi | to give birth to; to produce through great... |
| 4 | English | accouchement | Delivery in childbed; parturition |
| 5 | French | accouchement | delivery |
| 6 | French | accoucher | to give birth , to go into labour; to deliver |
| 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 | German | kitt | — |
| 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 |