Where does “parbake” come from?

parbake (English) comes from English bake, from German backen, from Middle High German backen, from Old High German backan, from Middle High German bachen, from Old High German bahhan, from Proto-Germanic bakan — back.

parbake (English): To bake partially so it can be rapidly frozen...

Definitions

  1. To bake partially so it can be rapidly frozen...

Ancestry of “parbake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbakeTo cook in an oven; To be cooked in an oven; To...
2Germanbackento bake; to roast; to fry; to fire
3Middle High Germanbacken—
4Old High Germanbackan—
5Middle High Germanbachen—
6Old High Germanbahhanto bake
7Proto-Germanicbakanback
Every word from Proto-Germanic bakan →