Where does “cuisine” come from?
cuisine (French) comes from Old French cuisine, from Latin cocīna, from Latin coquīna, from Latin coquīnus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen.
cuisine (French): kitchen; cuisine; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- kitchen; cuisine; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “cuisine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | cuisine | — |
| 2 | Latin | cocīna | kitchen |
| 3 | Latin | coquīna | cooking; art of cookery |
| 4 | Latin | coquīnus | cook's |
| 5 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 6 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 7 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 8 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 9 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 10 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 12 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |