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
- Of food, that has been prepared by cooking;...
Ancestry of “cooked”, 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 “cooked”