Where does “coxswain” come from?
Coxswain comes from Middle English cokswain, from Middle English cok, from Old English cōc, from Latin coquus meaning cook.
coxswain (English): In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of...
Definitions
- In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of...
Ancestry of “coxswain”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cokswain | cockswain, helmsman |
| 2 | Middle English | cok | rooster, cock; rooster crest, comb; heraldic... |
| 3 | Old English | cōc | a cook |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | cocus | — |
| 5 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 6 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 7 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 8 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 9 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 10 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 12 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |