Where does “coquetry” come from?
Coquetry comes from French coquetterie, derived from French coquet, which combines French coq with Latin -arius, ultimately from Latin coquus meaning cook or Latin coquo meaning to cook.
coquetry (English): Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite...
Definitions
- Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite...
Ancestry of “coquetry”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | coquetterie | vanity, knack for fashion and appearance;... |
| 2 | French | coquet | vain, conscious of one's appearance; sweet, cute,... |
| 3 | French | coq | male chicken, rooster, cockerel, cock; a cook |
| 4 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 5 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 6 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 7 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 8 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 9 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 11 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |