Where does “biscuitlike” come from?
biscuitlike (English) comes from English biscuit, from English bisket, from Old French bescuit, from Old French bescuire, from Old French cuire, from Late Latin coco, from Latin coquō, from English Cook.
biscuitlike (English): Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one
Definitions
- Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one
Ancestry of “biscuitlike”, step by step
biscuitlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English biscuit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | biscuit | A small, flat, baked good which is either hard... |
| 2 | English | bisket | Obsolete spelling of biscuit |
| 3 | Old French | bescuit | biscuit |
| 4 | Old French | bescuire | — |
| 5 | Old French | cuire | to cook |
| 6 | Late Latin | coco | — |
| 7 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 8 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 9 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 10 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 11 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 13 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |