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Where does “cuire” come from?

cuire (French) comes from Middle French cuire, from Old French cuire, from Late Latin coco, 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...

cuire (French): to cook; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. to cook; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “cuire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle FrenchcuireAlternative form of cuyre
2Old Frenchcuireto cook
3Late Latincoco—
4Latincoquō—
5EnglishCook—
6Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
7Middle High Germankochento cook
8Old High Germankohhōnto cook
9Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
10Proto-Germanickukazcook
11LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
12Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
13Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
14Proto-Italic-os—
15Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “cuire”

  • charcuterie
  • charcutería
  • surcuire
  • cuiter
  • cuites
  • cuite
  • cocuit
  • cuit
  • charcuterie
  • recuire
  • autocuiseur
  • xarcuteria
  • kuirado
  • kuirejo
  • kuiristo
  • kuiristino
  • kuiri
  • kuirpoto
  • kuirsalo
  • kuirarto
  • ĉefkuiristo
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