English word origin

Etymology of cot

Borrowed from Hindi खाट (khāṭ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (khaṭṭā), from Sanskrit खट्वा (khaṭvā, “bedstead”).

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Source etymology 1

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noun

A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes. · A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides. · A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.

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Borrowed from Hindi खाट (khāṭ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (khaṭṭā), from Sanskrit खट्वा (khaṭvā, “bedstead”).

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Borrowed-form mentionखाटhi
Derivation mentionखट्वाsa

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Source etymology 2

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noun

A cottage or small homestead. · A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.

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From Middle English cot, cote, from Old English cot and cote (“cot, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kutǭ (compare Old Norse kot, Middle High German kūz (“execution pit”)), from Scythian (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 (kata, “chamber”)). Cognate to Dutch kot (“student room; small homestead”). Doublet of cote; more distantly related to cottage.

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Inherited-form mentioncotenm
Inherited-form mentioncotang
Inherited-form mention*kutągem-pro
Cognate mentionkotnon
Cognate mentionkūzgmh
Cognate mention𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀ae
Cognate mentionkotnl
Doublet mentioncoteen

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Source etymology 3

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noun

A small, crudely-formed boat.

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From Irish coite, coit (“small boat”), possibly from Medieval Latin cattia (“pan”).

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Borrowed-form mentioncoitega

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Source etymology 4

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noun

A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.

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From dialectal cot, cote, partly from Middle English cot (“matted wool”), from Old English *cot, *cotta, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô (“woolen fabric, wool covering”); and partly from Middle English cot, cote (“tunic, coat”), from Old French cote, from the same Germanic source (see English coat). Possibly influenced by English cotton.

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Inherited-form mentioncotenm · matted wool
Inherited-form mention*cotang
Inherited-form mention*kuttôgem-pro · woolen fabric, wool covering
Inherited-form mentioncotenm
Derivation mentioncotefro
Cognate mentioncoaten

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Source etymology 5

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noun

A man who does household work normally associated with women.

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Contraction of cot-quean.

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Source etymology 6

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noun

vulva; vagina.

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Variant of cock

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