Where does “coco” come from?
coco (French) comes from Middle 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- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
coco (French): Fruit of the coconut palm, also called noix de...
Definitions
- Fruit of the coconut palm, also called noix de...
Ancestry of “coco”, step by step
coco traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French coche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | coche | — |
| 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 | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via French communiste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | communiste | communist; Communist |
| 2 | French | commun | common; communal |
| 3 | Italian | commune | Obsolete form of comune |
| 4 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 5 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
via German Kokosnuss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kokosnuss | coconut |
| 2 | Italian | cocco | coconut palm; coconut; Synonym of ovolo |
| 3 | Spanish | coco | coconut; testicle; bogeyman |
| 4 | Russian | коко́с | coconut |
| 5 | Portuguese | cocos | plural of coco |
| 6 | Portuguese | coco | coconut |
| 7 | Late Latin | coccum | kernel, seed; a scarlet berry of various plants;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κόκκος | grain, seed, kernel; The kermes oak; insects of... |