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Where does “quittor” come from?

quittor (English) comes from Middle English quiter, from Old French cuiture, from Latin coctura, 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...

quittor (English): A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in...

Definitions

  1. A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in...

Ancestry of “quittor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishquiter—
2Old Frenchcuiture—
3Latincocturacooking, heating, roasting
4Latincoquō—
5EnglishCook—
6Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
7Middle High Germankochento cook
8Old High Germankohhōnto cook
9Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
10Proto-Germanickukazcook
11LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
12Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
13Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
14Proto-Italic-os—
15Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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