Etymology Explorer › EnglishWhere does “cockey” come from? cockey (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.
Ancestry of “cockey”, step by step cockey traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English cock Step Language Word Meaning 1 English cock A male bird, "especially:"; A valve or tap for... 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- —
via English cockatoo Step Language Word Meaning 1 English cockatoo A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved... 2 Dutch kaketoe cockatoo, parrot of the family Cacatuidae 3 Malay kakaktua cockatoo; pincers 4 Malay tua old; ripe 5 Classical Malay tua old; ripe 6 Malay tuha Obsolete form of tua 7 Proto-Malayic tuha — 8 Proto-Malayo-Chamic tuha — 9 Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan tuha — 10 Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)tuqah old 11 Proto-Austronesian (ma-)tuqaS old
via English ey Step Language Word Meaning 1 English ey An egg; An island; 1975 August 23, Black, Judie,... 2 English they A group of people, animals, plants, or objects... 3 English the'e Pronunciation spelling of there 4 English there In a place or location at some distance from the... 5 Old English þær there 6 Proto-West Germanic þār there 7 Proto-Germanic þar there, in that place 8 Proto-Indo-European tar- there 9 Proto-Indo-European to- it; that; the, that 10 Proto-Indo-European só this; that