Where does “cockerel” come from?
Cockerel comes from Middle English kokerel, from Middle English cok, from Old English cōc, from Latin coccum, ultimately from Latin coquo meaning to cook.
cockerel (English): A young male chicken
Definitions
- A young male chicken
Ancestry of “cockerel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | kokerel | cockerel |
| 2 | Middle English | cok | rooster, cock; rooster crest, comb; heraldic... |
| 3 | Old English | cōc | a cook |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | cocus | — |
| 5 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 6 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 7 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 8 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 9 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 10 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 12 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |