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Coach/coche/kocsi all come from Hungarian. There is a Hungarian town called Kócs. Kócsi literally means "(a thing) from Kócs". Hungary used to sell some horse drawn carriages made in Kócs and from there, the word entered German and then English.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kocs



ah, TIL, thanks!




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