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
- premature, untimely; hasty; precocious, early
Ancestry of “precoce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | praecox | ripe before its time; premature; precocious;... |
| 2 | Latin | praecoquō | — |
| 3 | Latin | coquō | — |
| 4 | English | Cook | — |
| 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... |
Words derived from “precoce”