Where does “couche-tôt” come from?

couche-tôt (French) comes from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

couche-tôt (French): day lark person who [[go to bed

Definitions

  1. day lark person who [[go to bed

Ancestry of “couche-tôt”, step by step

couche-tôt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French coucher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoucherto lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to...
2Middle Frenchcoucherto put to bed; setting
3Old Frenchcouchierto go to bed; to have sex; bedtime
4Latincollocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange
5Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via French tôt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtôtearly
2Old Frenchtostearly; soon; quickly; straight away
3Latintostumnominative neuter singular of tostus; accusative...
4Latintostusroasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted;...
5Proto-Italic*torstos
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