Where does “ricotta” come from?
ricotta (Italian) comes from Latin recoctus, from Latin recoquo, 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...
ricotta (Italian): feminine singular of ricotto; ricotta
Definitions
- feminine singular of ricotto; ricotta
Ancestry of “ricotta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | recoctus | recooked; refined |
| 2 | Latin | recoquo | I recook etc |
| 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... |