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Where does “coquette” come from?

Coquette derives from French coquet, from Dutch kok, from Latin coquus meaning cook, ultimately from the Latin verb coquo meaning to cook.

coquette (English): A woman who flirts or plays with men's...

Definitions

  1. A woman who flirts or plays with men's...

Ancestry of “coquette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoquettefeminine singular of coquet; flirt, tease
2Frenchcoquetvain, conscious of one's appearance; sweet, cute,...
3Frenchcoqmale chicken, rooster, cockerel, cock; a cook
4LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
5Latincoquō—
6EnglishCook—
7Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
8Middle High Germankochento cook
9Old High Germankohhōnto cook
10Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
11Latincoqueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
12Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—

Words derived from “coquette”

  • coquettish
  • coquettishly
  • coquettishness
  • uncoquettish
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