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Where does “precoce” come from?

precoce (Italian) comes from Latin praecox, from Latin praecoquō, 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...

precoce (Italian): premature, untimely; hasty; precocious, early

Definitions

  1. premature, untimely; hasty; precocious, early

Ancestry of “precoce”, step by step

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

Words derived from “precoce”

  • precocemente
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