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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

  1. The application of techniques learned by rote,...

Ancestry of “cookbookery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcookbookA book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery...
2EnglishCook—
3Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
4Middle High Germankochento cook
5Old High Germankohhōnto cook
6Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
7Proto-Germanickukazcook
8LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
9Latincoquō—
10Latinquoquoablative masculine singular of quisquis; ablative...
11Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →