Where does “kuwentong-kutsero” come from?

kuwentong-kutsero (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kutsero, from Spanish cochero, from Spanish coche, from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

kuwentong-kutsero (Tagalog): hearsay; rumor; gossip

Definitions

  1. hearsay; rumor; gossip

Ancestry of “kuwentong-kutsero”, step by step

kuwentong-kutsero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kutsero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkutserocoachman; driver of a horse-drawn vehicle
2Spanishcocherocoachman
3Spanishcochecar; carriage, coach
4Middle Frenchcoche
5GermanKutschecarriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor...
6Frenchcouchépast participle of coucher; in bed
7Frenchcoucherto lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to...
8Middle Frenchcoucherto put to bed; setting
9Old Frenchcouchierto go to bed; to have sex; bedtime
10Latincollocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange
11Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
12Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
13Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
14Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
16Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
17Middle Englishkyt
18Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
19Old High Germankuti
20Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
21Proto-Germanickweduzresin
22Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
23Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Tagalog kuwento

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkuwentostory
2Spanishcuentostory; one million
3Vulgar Latincontu(s)
4Latincomputuscomputation, calculation; bank account
5Latincomputōto calculate, compute, reckon together
6Latinputōto clean, cleanse
7Latinputuspure; a boy
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-