Where does “cocão” come from?

cocão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese coca, from Portuguese coçar, from French cocarde, from Old French cocquart, from French coq, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook.

cocão (Portuguese): Erythroxylon pelleterianum

Definitions

  1. Erythroxylon pelleterianum

Ancestry of “cocão”, step by step

cocão traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese coca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecocacoca; Coke; snow
2Portuguesecoçarto scratch; to itch
3Frenchcocarderosette; cockade
4Old Frenchcocquartvain
5Frenchcoqmale chicken, rooster, cockerel, cock; a cook
6LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
7Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
8EnglishCookA placename
9Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
10Middle High Germankochento cook
11Old High Germankohhōnto cook
12Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
13Latincoqueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
14Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
16Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
17Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—

via Portuguese côco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecôcobogeyman, grinning face
2Latincoccuma scarlet berry of various plants; a gall of...
3Ancient Greekκόκκοςgrain, seed, kernel; The kermes oak; insects of...
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