Where does “cuire” come from?
cuire (Old French) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic kukaz — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
cuire (Old French): to cook
Definitions
- to cook
Ancestry of “cuire”, step by step
cuire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Late Latin coco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | coco | — |
| 2 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 3 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 4 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 5 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 6 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 9 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 10 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 11 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |