Where does “cooing” come from?
cooing (Old French) comes from Late Latin cotoneum, from Latin malum cotoneum, from Latin malum Cydonium — Cydonian apple.
cooing (Old French): quince
Definitions
- quince
Ancestry of “cooing”, step by step
cooing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Late Latin cotoneum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | cotoneum | a quince |
| 2 | Latin | malum cotoneum | Alternative form of mālum cotōnium; quince tree |
| 3 | Latin | malum Cydonium | Cydonian apple |