Where does “cuçâ” come from?
cuçâ (Macanese) comes from Portuguese coçar, from French cocarde, from Old French cocquart, from French coq, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen.
cuçâ (Macanese): to scratch
Definitions
- to scratch
Ancestry of “cuçâ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | coçar | to scratch; to itch |
| 2 | French | cocarde | rosette; cockade |
| 3 | Old French | cocquart | vain |
| 4 | French | coq | male chicken, rooster, cockerel, cock; a cook |
| 5 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 6 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 7 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 8 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 9 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 10 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 12 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |