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

  1. eyepatch

Ancestry of “cache-œil”, step by step

cache-œil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French cacher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcacherto hide; Alternative spelling of casher
2Old Frenchcachierto hide; Alternative form of chacier
3Vulgar Latincoacticarepresent active infinitive of *coacticō
4Latincoactōto compel, constrain, force
5Latincoactusforced, compelled, having been forced; urged,...
6Latincōgōto collect, assemble, gather together
7Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak

via French œil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchœileye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping...
2Middle Frenchœileye
3Old Frenchueileye
4Vulgar Latinocluseye; Alternative form of oculus
5LatinoculusAn eye; the power of sight; a spot resembling an...
6Proto-Italicokʷeloseye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-