Where does “coucher” come from?
coucher (French) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
coucher (French): to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to...
Definitions
- to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to...
Ancestry of “coucher”, step by step
coucher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French coucher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 2 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 3 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |