Where does “scotto” come from?
scotto (Italian) comes from Latin excoctus, from Latin excoquō, 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...
scotto (Italian): overcooked, overdone; The amount to pay for a...
Definitions
- overcooked, overdone; The amount to pay for a...
Ancestry of “scotto”, step by step
scotto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin excoctus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | excoctus | boiled |
| 2 | Latin | excoquō | to boil (out), melt (out), dry up |
| 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... |