Where does “unprecocious” come from?
unprecocious (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...
unprecocious (English): Not precocious
Definitions
- Not precocious
Ancestry of “unprecocious”, step by step
unprecocious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English precocious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | precocious | Characterized by exceptionally early development... |
| 2 | Latin | praecox | ripe before its time; premature; precocious;... |
| 3 | Latin | praecoquō | — |
| 4 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 5 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 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... |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |