Where does “կոկտեյլ” come from?
կոկտեյլ (Armenian) comes from Russian кокте́йль, from English cocktail, from English cock, from Middle English cok, from Old English cōc, from Vulgar Latin cocus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō.
կոկտեյլ (Armenian): cocktail
Ancestry of “կոկտեյլ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | кокте́йль | — |
| 2 | English | cocktail | A mixed alcoholic beverage; A mixture of other... |
| 3 | English | cock | A male bird, "especially:"; A valve or tap for... |
| 4 | Middle English | cok | rooster, cock; rooster crest, comb; heraldic... |
| 5 | Old English | cōc | a cook |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | cocus | — |
| 7 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 8 | Latin | coquō | — |
| 9 | English | Cook | — |
| 10 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 11 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 12 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 14 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |