Where does “docher” come from?
docher (Romanian) comes from English docker, from English dock, from Dutch dok, from Middle Dutch docke, from Italian doccia, from Italian doccione, from Latin ductiō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
docher (Romanian): dockworker, longshoreman
Definitions
- dockworker, longshoreman
Ancestry of “docher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | docker | One who performs docking, as of tails; A... |
| 2 | English | dock | Any of the genus "Rumex" of coarse weedy plants... |
| 3 | Dutch | dok | dock |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | docke | a doll; channel |
| 5 | Italian | doccia | shower; drainpipe; plaster cast |
| 6 | Italian | doccione | spout (for water); gargoyle |
| 7 | Latin | ductiō | leading (away) |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |