si , ▁meaning ▁" from ▁K ocs " ▁( ). ▁K ocs ▁is ▁a ▁village ▁in ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁county ▁Kom á rom - E sz ter gom , ▁which ▁was ▁histor ically ▁noted ▁as ▁a ▁post ▁town ▁between ▁Budapest ▁and ▁Vienna . ▁From ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁century ▁on wards , ▁the ▁term ▁k oc si ▁( ab bre vi ated ▁from ▁the ▁original ▁k oc si ▁s zek ér , ▁" car riage ▁from ▁K ocs ") ▁came ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁large , ▁usually ▁closed , ▁horse - dra wn ▁four - w he e led ▁carriage ▁which ▁became ▁known ▁in ▁English ▁as ▁a ▁coach , ▁and ▁the ▁term ▁was ▁widely ▁adopted ▁in ▁other ▁European ▁languages . ▁In ▁German , ▁the ▁term ▁entered ▁usage ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁as ▁a ▁loan ▁word ▁from ▁Hung arian , ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁Cot sch ien ▁W äg nen ▁or ▁G utsch en wagen , ▁which ▁in ▁the ▁period ▁prior ▁to ▁ 1 6 0 0 ▁evol ved ▁into ▁Got sch iw agen , ▁Got zig ▁W egen ▁or ▁K utz sch wagen ▁and ▁numerous ▁abbre vi ated ▁forms ▁such ▁as ▁G utsch e , ▁Got zi , ▁Kot sche ▁and ▁K ut ze . ▁The ▁term ▁was ▁adopted ▁as ▁a ▁surname ▁by ▁people ▁somehow ▁associated ▁with ▁coach es ; ▁e . g . ▁people ▁who ▁made ▁coach es , ▁or ▁someone ▁found ▁in ▁a ▁coach ▁as ▁a ▁child , ▁could ▁be ▁given ▁the ▁name . ▁Other ▁names ▁with