Where does “cookmaid” come from?

cookmaid (English) comes 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, from Latin coquō.

cookmaid (English): A female servant who dresses provisions and...

Definitions

  1. A female servant who dresses provisions and...

Ancestry of “cookmaid”, step by step

cookmaid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Cook

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCookA placename
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
8Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
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-

via English maid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaidA girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden; A...
2Middle Englishmaydeyoung woman
3EnglishmaidenA girl or an unmarried young woman; A female...
4Middle Englishmaydenmaiden
5Old Englishmægdengirl; virgin, young unmarried woman
6Proto-West Germanicmagadīnlittle girl
7Proto-West Germanic-īnCreates adjectives from nouns with the sense...
8Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
9Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
10Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-