Where does “quite” come from?
quite (Old French) comes from Old French cuite, 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 — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
quite (Old French): Alternative form of quitte; quits
Definitions
- Alternative form of quitte; quits
Ancestry of “quite”, step by step
quite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French cuite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | cuite | — |
| 2 | Old French | cuire | to cook |
| 3 | Late Latin | coco | — |
| 4 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 5 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 6 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 7 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 8 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 11 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 12 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 13 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |