Where does “coco” come from?
coco (Late Latin) comes from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną, from Proto-Germanic kukaz, from Latin coquus — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Ancestry of “coco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 2 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 3 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 4 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 5 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 8 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 9 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 10 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |