Where does “biscotin” come from?
biscotin (English) comes from French biscotin, from Italian biscottino, from Italian biscotto, from Latin biscoctus, from Latin cōctus, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn- — resin.
biscotin (English): A confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and...
Definitions
- A confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and...
Ancestry of “biscotin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | biscotin | A small biscuit, somewhat like shortbread |
| 2 | Italian | biscottino | Diminutive of biscotto; small biscuit; A small... |
| 3 | Italian | biscotto | biscuit, cookie; tactical play between two people... |
| 4 | Latin | biscoctus | bread, loaf; hardtack |
| 5 | Latin | cōctus | — |
| 6 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 7 | Latin | cōgō | — |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |