Where does “cookbook” come from?
Cookbook derives from English cook and English book, with cook tracing to Middle English coken, which came from Latin cocus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos meaning one who cooks.
cookbook (English): A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery...
Definitions
- A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery...
Ancestry of “cookbook”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Cook | — |
| 2 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 3 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 4 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 7 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 8 | Latin | coquō | — |
| 9 | Latin | quoquo | ablative masculine singular of quisquis; ablative... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
Words derived from “cookbook”