Couth Definition
(obsolete except in adjective use) Past participle of can.
Origin of Couth
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From Middle English couth, doublet of could; from Old English cūþ (“known, plain, manifest, certain, well known, usual, noted, excellent, famous, intimate, familiar, friendly, related”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþaz (“known”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵen-, *ǵno- (“to know”). Cognate with Scots couth (“known, familiar”), Eastern Frisian cut (“known”), Dutch kond (“known”), German kund (“known”), Icelandic kuðr, kunnur (“known”), Gothic (kunþs, “known”), Latin gnosco (“to know”).
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Back-formation from uncouth
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Back-formation from uncouth.
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