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Where does “uncooked” come from?

uncooked (English) comes from English cooked, 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.

uncooked (English): raw and not cooked, especially of something that...

Definitions

  1. raw and not cooked, especially of something that...

Ancestry of “uncooked”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcookedOf food, that has been prepared by cooking;...
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-—
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