Where does “cookability” come from?

cookability (English) comes from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną, from Proto-Germanic kukaz, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō.

cookability (English): Suitability for cooking

Definitions

  1. Suitability for cooking

Ancestry of “cookability”, step by step

cookability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Cook

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCookA placename
2Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
3Middle High Germankochento cook
4Old High Germankohhōnto cook
5Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
6Proto-Germanickukazcook
7LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
8Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
9Latinquoquoablative masculine singular of quisquis; ablative...
10Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-

via English ability

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabilitySuitableness; The quality or state of being able;...
2Middle Englishabilitesuitability, aptitude, ability
3Old Frenchableté
4Latinhabilitāsability, aptitude, fitness
5Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
6Latin-ilis-ile
7Proto-Italic-elis
8Proto-Indo-European-elis
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti
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