Where does “coco-fesse” come from?
coco-fesse (French) comes from French coco, from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
coco-fesse (French): coco-de-mer
Definitions
- coco-de-mer
Ancestry of “coco-fesse”, step by step
coco-fesse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French coco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | coco | Fruit of the coconut palm, also called noix de... |
| 2 | Middle French | coche | — |
| 3 | German | Kutsche | carriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor... |
| 4 | French | couché | past participle of coucher; in bed |
| 5 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 6 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 7 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 8 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via French fesse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fesse | buttock; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Middle French | fesse | buttock |
| 3 | Old French | fesse | buttock |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | fissa | nominative feminine singular of fissus;... |
| 5 | Latin | fissum | nominative neuter singular of fissus; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | fissus | split, cloven |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰidtós | split, cloven |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |