Where does “cache-œil” come from?
cache-œil (French) comes from French cacher, from Old French cachier, from Vulgar Latin coacticare, from Latin coactō, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
cache-œil (French): eyepatch
Definitions
- eyepatch
Ancestry of “cache-œil”, step by step
cache-œil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French cacher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cacher | to hide; Alternative spelling of casher |
| 2 | Old French | cachier | to hide; Alternative form of chacier |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | coacticare | present active infinitive of *coacticō |
| 4 | Latin | coactō | to compel, constrain, force |
| 5 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 6 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via French œil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | œil | eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping... |
| 2 | Middle French | œil | eye |
| 3 | Old French | ueil | eye |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | oclus | eye; Alternative form of oculus |
| 5 | Latin | oculus | An eye; the power of sight; a spot resembling an... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | okʷelos | eye |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |