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Where does “clipcock” come from?

clipcock (English) comes from English cock, from Middle English cok, from Old English cōc, from Vulgar Latin cocus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen.

clipcock (English): A circumcised male

Definitions

  1. A circumcised male

Ancestry of “clipcock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcockA male bird, "especially:"; A valve or tap for...
2Middle Englishcokrooster, cock; rooster crest, comb; heraldic...
3Old Englishcōca cook
4Vulgar Latincocus—
5LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
6Latincoquō—
7EnglishCook—
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-—
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