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Where does “subcookie” come from?

subcookie (English) comes from English Cookie, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną, from Proto-Germanic kukaz, from Latin coquus.

subcookie (English): A cookie-like piece of data stored with others in...

Definitions

  1. A cookie-like piece of data stored with others in...

Ancestry of “subcookie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCookie—
2EnglishCook—
3Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
4Middle High Germankochento cook
5Old High Germankohhōnto cook
6Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
7Proto-Germanickukazcook
8LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
9Latincoquō—
10Latinquoquoablative masculine singular of quisquis; ablative...
11Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →