Where does “cook” come from?
Cook derives from Middle English coken, from Latin cocus, ultimately from the Latin verb coquo meaning to cook or prepare food.
cook (English): A person who prepares food; The head cook of a...
Definitions
- A person who prepares food; The head cook of a...
Ancestry of “cook”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cook | cook, chef, restauranteur; nourisher, nourishment |
| 2 | Old English | cōc | a cook |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | cocus | — |
| 4 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 5 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 6 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 7 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 8 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 9 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 11 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |