Where does “overcooked” come from?
overcooked (English) comes from English cooked, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną, from Proto-Germanic kukaz, from Latin coquus.
overcooked (English): Made unpalatable or inedible by cooking for too long
Definitions
- Made unpalatable or inedible by cooking for too long
Ancestry of “overcooked”, step by step
overcooked traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cooked
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cooked | Of food, that has been prepared by cooking;... |
| 2 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 3 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 4 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 5 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 8 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 9 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 10 | Latin | quoquo | ablative masculine singular of quisquis; ablative... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |