Where does “kochi” come from?

kochi (Translingual) comes from English Couch, from Middle English couche, from Old French couche, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

kochi (Translingual): Koch (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Koch's..."

Definitions

Koch (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Koch's..."

Ancestry of “kochi”, step by step

kochi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Couch

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	Couch	An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa
2	Middle English	couche	A bed; A bedroom; the room where one sleeps in; A...
3	Old French	couche	—
4	Old French	couchier	to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime
5	Latin	collocō	to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange
6	Latin	cōn-	Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
7	Latin	cum	with, along with; at; -fold
8	Old Latin	com	Alternative form of cum
9	Proto-Italic	kom	with, along, at
10	Proto-Indo-European	ḱóm	beside, near, by, with
11	Proto-Indo-European	ḱe	Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12	Middle English	kyt	—
13	German	kitt	putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14	Old High German	kuti	—
15	Proto-West Germanic	kwidu	gum, resin
16	Proto-Germanic	kweduz	resin
17	Proto-Indo-European	gʷet-	resin, gum; to say, speak
18	Proto-Indo-European	gū-	to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Malayalam കൊച്ചി

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Malayalam	കൊച്ചി	—

via Japanese 高知

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	高知	—

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