Where does “coxless” come from?
coxless (English) comes from English cox, from English coxswain, from Middle English cokswain, from Middle English cok, from Old English cōc, from Vulgar Latin cocus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō.
coxless (English): Not having a cox
Ancestry of “coxless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cox | A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing... |
| 2 | English | coxswain | In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of... |
| 3 | Middle English | cokswain | cockswain, helmsman |
| 4 | Middle English | cok | rooster, cock; rooster crest, comb; heraldic... |
| 5 | Old English | cōc | a cook |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | cocus | — |
| 7 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 8 | Latin | coquō | — |
| 9 | English | Cook | — |
| 10 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 11 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 12 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 14 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |