Where does “coquetear” come from?
coquetear (Spanish) comes from Spanish coqueto, from French coquette, from French coquet, from French coq, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen.
coquetear (Spanish): to flirt; to tease
Definitions
- to flirt; to tease
Ancestry of “coquetear”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | coqueto | flirtatious; natty, neat; flirt |
| 2 | French | coquette | feminine singular of coquet; flirt, tease |
| 3 | French | coquet | vain, conscious of one's appearance; sweet, cute,... |
| 4 | French | coq | male chicken, rooster, cockerel, cock; a cook |
| 5 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 6 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 7 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 8 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 9 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 10 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 12 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |