Where does “ĉefkuiristo” come from?
ĉefkuiristo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kuiristo, from Esperanto kuiri, from French cuire, from Middle French cuire, from Old French cuire, from Late Latin coco, from Latin coquō, from English Cook.
ĉefkuiristo (Esperanto): chef
Ancestry of “ĉefkuiristo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | kuiristo | a cook |
| 2 | Esperanto | kuiri | to cook |
| 3 | French | cuire | to cook; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Middle French | cuire | Alternative form of cuyre |
| 5 | Old French | cuire | to cook |
| 6 | Late Latin | coco | — |
| 7 | Latin | coquō | — |
| 8 | English | Cook | — |
| 9 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 10 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 11 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 13 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |