Where does “Cockpit” come from?
Cockpit (German) comes from English cockpit, from English cock, from Middle English cok, from Old English cōc, from Vulgar Latin cocus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook.
Cockpit (German): in the aviation the room, where the pilot and the...
Definitions
- in the aviation the room, where the pilot and the...
Ancestry of “Cockpit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cockpit | The driver's compartment in a racing car; The... |
| 2 | English | cock | A male bird, "especially:"; A valve or tap for... |
| 3 | Middle English | cok | rooster, cock; rooster crest, comb; heraldic... |
| 4 | Old English | cōc | a cook |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | cocus | — |
| 6 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 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- | — |