Where does “cocky” come from?
I appreciate your question, but I need to flag a significant problem with the data provided: the chain repeats "English cocking" and "English ten" multiple times in sequence, which doesn't form a coherent etymological progression toward "cocky."
A valid etymology chain should show how a word developed through ancestor languages (e.g., Old English → Proto-Germanic → Proto-Indo-European), with each step showing a plausible sound and meaning change. The repetition here doesn't meet that requirement.
Could you clarify:
- What the actual etymological chain should be?
- What the original meaning of these terms is?
- What "English ten" refers to in this context?
Once I have accurate chain data, I'll write the one-sentence summary according to your specifications.
cocky (English): Overly confident; arrogant and boastful; 1693, ...
Definitions
- Overly confident; arrogant and boastful; 1693, ...
Ancestry of “cocky”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 7 | English | Cook | — |
| 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- | — |
Words derived from “cocky”