Where does “cognac” come from?

cognac (French) comes from English Cognac, from French Cognac, from Occitan Conhac, from Medieval Latin Comniacum, from Proto-Celtic -ākos, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂ḱos, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

cognac (French): cognac

Definitions

  1. cognac

Ancestry of “cognac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCognacfamous for cognac brandy
2FrenchCognaca city in France
3OccitanConhac—
4Medieval LatinComniacum—
5Proto-Celtic-ākosForms adjectives from nouns and adjectives with...
6Proto-Indo-European-eh₂ḱos—
7Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

Words derived from “cognac”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Proto-Celtic -ākos →Every word from Medieval Latin Comniacum →