couchen
Middle English
/ˈkuːtʃən/
verb
Definitions
- To lie upon a bed or couch; to recline oneself.
- To lie or bow down in a submissive or deferent manner.
- To spread put foil or ornaments across; to decorate or adorn.
- To place or put; to gently drop.
- To organise; to place in specific positions.
- (rare) To cause to lie down.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French couchier (go to bed) derived from Latin collocāre affix from Middle English couche.
Origin
Middle English
couche
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- couch English
- collocāre Latin
- collocāre, colloco Latin
- collocāre, colloco, collocō Latin
- culca Latin
- coricare Italian
- couche!, couche French
- couche Middle English
- coucher Middle English
- couchynge Middle English
- couche Old French
- couchier Old French
- recouchier Old French
- colgar Catalan, Valencian
- culca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cwtsh Welsh
- couchier Norman
- couochi Norman
- coucher Middle French
- colcar Occitan
- cuccari Sicilian
- curcari Sicilian
- cuccà Neapolitan