Where does “cocksocket” come from?

cocksocket (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.

cocksocket (English): A promiscuous person, usually a person who is a bottom, who is frequently sexually penetrated

Definitions

  1. A promiscuous person, usually a person who is a bottom, who is frequently sexually penetrated

Ancestry of “cocksocket”, step by step

cocksocket traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cock

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
6Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
7EnglishCookA placename
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-—

via English socket

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsocketAn opening into which a plug or other connecting...
2Middle Englishsocket—
3Anglo-Normansoketspearhead; small plowshare
4Old Frenchsocsoke; plowshare
5Vulgar Latinsoccus—
6Proto-Celticsukkospig (snout)
7Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-pig, hog, swine
8Proto-Indo-EuropeansewH-to bear; to give birth
9Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti →