Where does “cocciopesto” come from?
cocciopesto (Italian) comes from Italian coccio, from Latin coctio, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
cocciopesto (Italian): fragments of earthenware or brick mixed with lime and sand, used in antiquity to make mortar or plaster for walls, pavements etc
Definitions
- fragments of earthenware or brick mixed with lime and sand, used in antiquity to make mortar or plaster for walls, pavements etc
Ancestry of “cocciopesto”, step by step
cocciopesto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian coccio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | coccio | earthenware crock; shard |
| 2 | Latin | coctio | cooking; digestion |
| 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 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 10 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 11 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 12 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Italian pesto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pesto | crushed, ground, beaten; livid, bluish, black;... |
| 2 | Latin | pistus | pounded, beaten |
| 3 | Latin | pīnsō | to beat, pound |
| 4 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 5 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 6 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |