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Where does “kwit” come from?

kwit (Proto-Mon-Khmer) comes from French cuire, from Middle French cuire, from Old French cuire, from Late Latin coco, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Ancestry of “kwit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcuireto cook; first-person singular present indicative...
2Middle FrenchcuireAlternative form of cuyre
3Old Frenchcuireto cook
4Late Latincoco—
5Latincoquō—
6EnglishCook—
7Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
8Middle High Germankochento cook
9Old High Germankohhōnto cook
10Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
11Proto-Germanickukazcook
12LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
13Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
14Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
15Proto-Italic-os—
16Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “kwit”

  • quật
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