Where does “hotcockles” come from?
hotcockles (English) comes from English cockle, from French coquille, from Vulgar Latin conchilia, from Latin conchylium, from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
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- A children's game in which a blindfolded player...
Ancestry of “hotcockles”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cockle | Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks,... |
| 2 | French | coquille | shell; dish; scallop; typo, misprint |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | conchilia | — |
| 4 | Latin | conchylium | shellfish; oyster; purple |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κογχύλιον | small mussel |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῐον | diminutive suffix; "suffix forming... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |