English
accoucheuse
Accoucheuse comes from French accoucheuse ‘midwife’, from accoucher ‘to go into labour’, and ultimately from Old Latin stlocus.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEstlocus
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocus‘place’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocō‘put, place, set’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollocoas collocāre‘set in place’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400couchier‘lay down’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600coucher‘to put to bed’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to lay, to lay down’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentaccoucher‘to go into labour’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentaccoucheuse‘midwife’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEstlocus
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocus‘place’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocō‘put, place, set’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollocoas collocāre‘set in place’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400couchier‘lay down’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600coucher‘to put to bed’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to lay, to lay down’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentaccoucher‘to go into labour’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentaccoucheuse‘midwife’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to put, to place’
stole, install, stall, stool, apostle, stalk, stale, epistle, stele, apostolate, stela, stell, stolid, 24 more
through Old Latin stlocus
locality, locale, milieu, 8 more
through Latin locus ‘place’
local, location, allowance, allocate, lieu, loco, locus, locative, 11 more
through Latin locō ‘put, place, set’
allow, locate, locator, 8 more
through Latin colloco ‘set in place’
Today it means
noun A midwife.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin stlocus / accoucheuse