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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | cooked, having been cooked |
| 6 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 7 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |