accouchement

The story

1. Latin · derived fromad-
2. Old French · derived fromacouchier“to lay down, put to bed, go to bed”
3. French · derived fromaccoucher“to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery”
4. French · borrowed fromaccouchement
5. English todayaccouchement

Borrowed from French accouchement, from French accoucher (“to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery”), from Old French acouchier (“to lay down, put to bed, go to bed”), from Latin ad- + collocare (“to lay, put, place”). See collate.

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