Where does “precociousness” come from?
precociousness (English) comes from English precocious, from Latin praecox, from Latin praecoquō, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
precociousness (English): The condition of being precocious
Definitions
- The condition of being precocious
Ancestry of “precociousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | precocious | Characterized by exceptionally early development... |
| 2 | Latin | praecox | ripe before its time; premature; precocious;... |
| 3 | Latin | praecoquō | — |
| 4 | Latin | coquō | — |
| 5 | English | Cook | — |
| 6 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 7 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 8 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 11 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 12 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 13 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |