Where does “queux” come from?
queux (Old French) comes from Italian cuocere, from Spanish cocer, from Russian ку́хня, from Polish kuchnia, from Old Polish kuchnia, from Old High German chuhhina, from Proto-West Germanic kukinā, from Latin cocīna — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
queux (Old French): cook
Definitions
- cook
Ancestry of “queux”, step by step
queux traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian cuocere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cuocere | to bake, cook |
| 2 | Spanish | cocer | to boil; to cook; to brew |
| 3 | Russian | ку́хня | kitchen |
| 4 | Polish | kuchnia | kitchen |
| 5 | Old Polish | kuchnia | kitchen |
| 6 | Old High German | chuhhina | kitchen |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | kukinā | kitchen |
| 8 | Latin | cocīna | kitchen |
| 9 | Latin | coquīna | cooking; art of cookery |
| 10 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 11 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 12 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 13 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 14 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 17 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 18 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 19 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 20 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Breton keuz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breton | keuz | cheese; regret |
| 2 | Proto-Brythonic | kọð | — |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | kādos | a strong negative emotion like |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kéh₂dos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂d- | hatred, angriness |
via Latin cōcus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cōcus | coconut |