Where does “Cookson” come from?

Cookson is an English surname derived from cook, a Middle English word from Latin cocus, ultimately from Latin coquo meaning to cook.

Ancestry of “Cookson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcookA person who prepares food; The head cook of a...
2Middle Englishcookcook, chef, restauranteur; nourisher, nourishment
3Old Englishcōca cook
4Vulgar Latincocus
5LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
6Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
7EnglishCookA placename
8Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
9Middle High Germankochento cook
10Old High Germankohhōnto cook
11Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
12Latincoqueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
13Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti
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