Where does “quittement” come from?
quittement (Middle French) comes from Old French quitement, 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...
quittement (Middle French): unconditionally; without the imposition...
Definitions
- unconditionally; without the imposition...
Ancestry of “quittement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | quitement | — |
| 2 | Old French | quite | Alternative form of quitte; quits |
| 3 | Old French | cuite | — |
| 4 | Old French | cuire | to cook |
| 5 | Late Latin | coco | — |
| 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 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 13 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 14 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 15 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |