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Where does “cookware” come from?

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cookware (English): The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking...

Definitions

  1. The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking...

Ancestry of “cookware”, 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-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →