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Where does “cookery” come from?

Cookery comes from Middle English cookerie, from cook plus the suffix -ery, ultimately derived from Latin coquō meaning to cook.

cookery (English): The art and practice of preparing food for...

Definitions

  1. The art and practice of preparing food for...

Ancestry of “cookery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcookA person who prepares food; The head cook of a...
2Middle Englishcookcook, chef, restauranteur; nourisher, nourishment
3Old Englishcōca cook
4Vulgar Latincocus—
5LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
6Latincoquō—
7EnglishCook—
8Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
9Middle High Germankochento cook
10Old High Germankohhōnto cook
11Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
12Latincoqueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
13Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—
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