couch

couch · noun¹

1. Old French · derived fromcouche
2. Middle English · inherited fromcouche
3. English todaycouch

From Middle English couche, cowche, from Old French couche, from the verb (see below). Doublet of cwtch.

couch · verb²

1. Latin · derived fromcollocāre“set in place”
2. Old French · derived from(se) couchier
3. Middle English · inherited fromcouchen
4. English todaycouch

From Middle English couchen, from Old French (se) couchier, (se) colchier (“go to bed, lay down”), from Latin collocāre (“set in place”), from com- (“together, with”) + locāre. Doublet of collocate.

couch · noun³

1. Old Englishcwice
2. Middle Englishquike /quyke
3. Middle Englishquich
4. Englishquitch
5. English todaycouch

From a variant of quitch, from Middle English quich, quyke, from Old English cwice, from Proto-West Germanic *kwikwā, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwǭ, from *kwikwaz (“alive, lively”). Related to quick. More at quitch.

Couch · proper noun⁴

1. Old French · derived fromcouch“bed”
2. English todayCouch

* As a Welsh surname, from coch (“red”). * As an French surname, from Old French couch (“bed”).

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