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Where does “quitoure” come from?

quitoure (Middle English) comes from Old French quiture, from Old French quite, from Old French cuite, from Old French cuire, from Late Latin coco, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Ancestry of “quitoure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquiturecooking; cauterization; quitter; pus; suppuration
2Old FrenchquiteAlternative form of quitte; quits
3Old Frenchcuite—
4Old Frenchcuireto cook
5Late Latincoco—
6Latincoquō—
7EnglishCook—
8Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
9Middle High Germankochento cook
10Old High Germankohhōnto cook
11Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
12Proto-Germanickukazcook
13LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
14Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
15Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
16Proto-Italic-os—
17Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “quitoure”

  • quittor
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