Where does “cocktail flu” come from?
cocktail flu (English) comes from English cocktail, from English cock, from Middle English cok, from Old English cōc, from Vulgar Latin cocus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook.
cocktail flu (English): A hangover or other negative symptoms experienced the day after ingesting alcohol
Definitions
- A hangover or other negative symptoms experienced the day after ingesting alcohol
Ancestry of “cocktail flu”, step by step
cocktail flu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cocktail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cocktail | A mixed alcoholic beverage; A mixture of other... |
| 2 | English | cock | A male bird, "especially:"; A valve or tap for... |
| 3 | Middle English | cok | rooster, cock; rooster crest, comb; heraldic... |
| 4 | Old English | cōc | a cook |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | cocus | — |
| 6 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 7 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 8 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 9 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 10 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 11 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 13 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via English flu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flu | Influenza; Stomach flu |
| 2 | English | influenza | An acute contagious disease of the upper airways... |
| 3 | Italian | influenza | influence; influenza, flu; third-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | īnfluentia | influence |
| 5 | Latin | īnfluēns | flowing into |
| 6 | Latin | īnfluō | to flow or run into |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |