Where does “smoked” come from?
Smoked comes from English smoke, from Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca, from Proto-Germanic smukô, tracing back to Proto-Indo-European (s)meug(h)-.
smoked (English): Of food, preserved by treatment with smoke; Of...
Definitions
- Of food, preserved by treatment with smoke; Of...
Ancestry of “smoked”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | smoked | — |