Origin of coach
1550–60; 1840–50 for sense “tutor”; earlier
coche(e) < Middle French
coche < German
Kotsche, Kutsche < Hungarian
kocsi, short for
kocsi szekér cart of Kocs, town on the main road between Vienna and Budapest; senses referring to tutoring, from the conception of the tutor as one who carries the student through examinations
OTHER WORDS FROM coach
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British Dictionary definitions for coach
coach
/ (kəʊtʃ) /
noun
verb
to give tuition or instruction to (a pupil)
(tr)
to transport in a bus or coach
Derived forms of coach
coacher, nounWord Origin for coach
C16: from French
coche, from Hungarian
kocsi szekér wagon of Kocs, village in Hungary where coaches were first made; in the sense: to teach, probably from the idea that the instructor carried his pupils