Where does “cocard” come from?
cocard (French) comes from French coq, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną.
cocard (French): a black eye; an old cock
Definitions
- a black eye; an old cock
Ancestry of “cocard”, step by step
cocard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French coq
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | coq | male chicken, rooster, cockerel, cock; a cook |
| 2 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 3 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 4 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 5 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 6 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 7 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 9 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |