Meaning
A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
Etymology
Origin: Latin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō Latin *quoquō Latin coquō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Late Latin coquusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kok Old High German choch Middle High German koch German Kochbor. Hungarian Koch Hungarian Kocs Hungarian kocsibor. German Kutschebor. Middle French cochebor. English coach Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi. According to historians, the coach was named after the small Hungarian town of Kocs, which made a livelihood from cart building and transport between Vienna and Budapest. The meaning “instructor/trainer” is from Oxford University slang (c. 1830) for a “tutor” who “carries” one through an exam; the athletic sense is from 1861.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 13 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-08-15OACDHIR
- 2026-08-09HACELOT
- 2026-07-26OACHILT
- 2025-09-04OACHLNRY
- 2025-04-05HAODCIR
- 2024-12-14HANECLO
- 2024-07-20HACIORT
- 2024-06-26OAHCBEM
- 2024-06-16CATUROH
- 2024-06-07ACPNHOY
- 2024-06-02HANICLO
- 2023-12-10ACOLHNY
+1 earlier appearances in the archive.