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

Definitions

  1. midwife, accoucheuse

Ancestry of “akuŝistino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoakuŝistomidwife, accoucheuse
2Esperantoakuŝochildbirth, delivery
3Esperantoakuŝito give birth to; to produce through great...
4EnglishaccouchementDelivery in childbed; parturition
5Frenchaccouchementdelivery
6Frenchaccoucherto go into labour
7Frenchcoucherto lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to...
8Middle Frenchcoucherto put to bed; setting
9Old Frenchcouchierto go to bed; to have sex; bedtime
10Latincollocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange
11Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
12Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
13Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
14Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
16Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
17Middle Englishkyt
18Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
19Old High Germankuti
20Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
21Proto-Germanickweduzresin
22Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz