Where does “リコッタ” come from?
リコッタ (Japanese) comes from Italian ricotta, 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 — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
リコッタ (Japanese): ricotta
Ancestry of “リコッタ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | ricotta | feminine singular of ricotto; ricotta |
| 2 | Latin | recoctus | recooked; refined |
| 3 | Latin | recoquo | I recook etc |
| 4 | Latin | coquō | — |
| 5 | English | Cook | — |
| 6 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 7 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 8 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 11 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 12 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 13 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |