Where does “auricoctor” come from?
auricoctor (Latin) comes from Latin coctor, 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 — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
auricoctor (Latin): He who melts or refines gold; smelter, melter or...
Definitions
- He who melts or refines gold; smelter, melter or...
Ancestry of “auricoctor”, step by step
auricoctor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin coctor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | coctor | A cook |
| 2 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 3 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 4 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 5 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 6 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 9 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 10 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 11 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Latin aurum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 2 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 4 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 5 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 6 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |