Etymology

acock

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Today it means: In a cocked or turned-up fashion. Full definition →

English cock ← Middle English cok ← Old English cocc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Germanic*an
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ana
  4. Old Englishon
  5. Middle Englishan
  6. Middle Englisha-
  7. Englisha-
  8. Proto-Germanic*keukô
  9. Proto-Germanic*kukkaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*kokk
  11. Old Englishcocc
  12. Middle Englishcok
  13. Englishcock
  14. English todayacock

From a- + cock.

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