Where does “cocher” come from?
cocher (French) comes from French coche, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō, from Latin cōn- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
cocher (French): stagecoach driver; to tick; to tick off; to cross
Definitions
- stagecoach driver; to tick; to tick off; to cross
Ancestry of “cocher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | coche | stage-coach; a sort of large boat previously used... |
| 2 | German | Kutsche | carriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor... |
| 3 | French | couché | past participle of coucher; in bed |
| 4 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 5 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 6 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 7 | Latin | collocō | — |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
Words derived from “cocher”