Where does “cookbookery” come from?
cookbookery (English) comes from English cookbook, 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.
cookbookery (English): The application of techniques learned by rote,...
Definitions
- The application of techniques learned by rote,...
Ancestry of “cookbookery”, step by step
cookbookery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cookbook
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cookbook | A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery... |
| 2 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 3 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 4 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 5 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 8 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 9 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 10 | Latin | quoquo | ablative masculine singular of quisquis; ablative... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via English ery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ery | — |