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Where does “cooked” come from?

Cooked derives from the English verb cook, which comes from Middle English coken, from Old English cōc, from Latin cocus, ultimately from Latin coquere meaning to prepare food by heat.

cooked (English): Of food, that has been prepared by cooking;...

Definitions

  1. Of food, that has been prepared by cooking;...

Ancestry of “cooked”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCook—
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
8Latincoquō—
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-—

Words derived from “cooked”

  • homecooked
  • noncooked
  • cookedness
  • pre-cooked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →