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Where does “bicouche” come from?

bicouche (French) comes from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

bicouche (French): bilayer

Definitions

  1. bilayer

Ancestry of “bicouche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcouchépast participle of coucher; in bed
2Frenchcoucherto lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to...
3Middle Frenchcoucherto put to bed; setting
4Old Frenchcouchierto go to bed; to have sex; bedtime
5Latincollocō—
6Latincōn-—
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Germankitt—
14Old High Germankuti—
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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