Where does “bisket” come from?
bisket (English) comes from Old French bescuit, from Old French bescuire, from Old French cuire, from Late Latin coco, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
bisket (English): Obsolete spelling of biscuit
Definitions
- Obsolete spelling of biscuit
Ancestry of “bisket”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | bescuit | biscuit |
| 2 | Old French | bescuire | — |
| 3 | Old French | cuire | to cook |
| 4 | Late Latin | coco | — |
| 5 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 6 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 7 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 8 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 9 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 12 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 13 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 14 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |