Where does “precocious” come from?
Precocious comes from Latin praecox, meaning early-ripening, from praecoquere, combining prae- (before) and coquere (to cook or ripen).
precocious (English): Characterized by exceptionally early development...
Definitions
- Characterized by exceptionally early development...
Ancestry of “precocious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | praecox | ripe before its time; premature; precocious;... |
| 2 | Latin | praecoquō | — |
| 3 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 4 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 5 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 6 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 7 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 10 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 11 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 12 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |