Where does “abrikoos” come from?
abrikoos (Dutch) comes from French apricots, from Latin praecox, from Latin praecoquō, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
abrikoos (Dutch): apricot
Definitions
- apricot
Ancestry of “abrikoos”, step by step
abrikoos traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French apricots
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | apricots | — |
| 2 | Latin | praecox | ripe before its time; premature; precocious;... |
| 3 | Latin | praecoquō | — |
| 4 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 5 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 6 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 7 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 8 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 11 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 12 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 13 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Middle French abricots
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | abricots | — |
| 2 | French | abricot | apricot; vulva, vagina, female genitalia |
| 3 | Catalan | abrecoc | — |
| 4 | Catalan | albercoc | apricot |
| 5 | Arabic | برقوق | plum, plums; apricot, apricots; peach, peaches |
| 6 | Arabic | بَرْقُوق | apricot; plums |
| 7 | Latin | praecocia | nominative neuter plural of praecox; accusative... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πραικόκιον | apricot |
| 9 | Latin | persicum | peach |
| 10 | Latin | Persae | inflection of Persa: ## genitive/dative... |
via Old French abricots
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | abricots | — |