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Where does “cuire” come from?

cuire (Middle French) comes from Old French cuire, from Late Latin coco, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

cuire (Middle French): Alternative form of cuyre

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of cuyre

Ancestry of “cuire”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cuire”

  • charcuterie
  • charcutería
  • surcuire
  • cuiter
  • cuites
  • cuite
  • cocuit
  • cuire
  • cuit
  • charcuterie
  • recuire
  • autocuiseur
  • xarcuteria
  • kuirado
  • kuirejo
  • kuiristo
  • kuiristino
  • kuiri
  • kuirpoto
  • kuirsalo
  • kuirarto
  • ĉefkuiristo
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