Where does “cookpot” come from?
cookpot (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.
cookpot (English): cooking pot
Definitions
- cooking pot
Ancestry of “cookpot”, step by step
cookpot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Cook
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 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 | to cook; prepare food |
| 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- | — |
via English pot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pot | A flat-bottomed vessel used for cooking food;... |
| 2 | Middle English | pot | A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel; The top... |
| 3 | Old French | pot | pot; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pottum | — |
| 5 | Frankish | *pott | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | puttaz | pot, jar, tub |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | budn- | a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of... |