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Where does “coak” come from?

coak (English) comes from English coke, from English cocaine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

coak (English): a wooden dowel; the brass bearing in the sheave...

Definitions

  1. a wooden dowel; the brass bearing in the sheave...

Ancestry of “coak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcokeSolid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven;...
2EnglishcocaineAn addictive drug derived from coca or prepared...
3English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle French-é—
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-ā—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →