cook

cook · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
2. Proto-Indo-European*pékʷeti
3. Proto-Italic*kʷekʷō
4. Latin*quoquō
5. Latincoquō
6. Latincoquus
7. Vulgar Latin*cocus
8. Old Englishcōc
9. Middle Englishcook
10. English todaycook

From Middle English cook, from Old English cōc (“a cook”), from Latin cocus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”). Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian khoch (“cook”), Dutch kok (“cook”), German Koch (“cook”), Luxembourgish Kach (“cook”), Danish kok (“cook”), Icelandic kokkur (“cook”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kokk (“cook”), Swedish kock (“cook”). Also compare Proto-West Germanic *kokōn (“to cook”) (whence North Frisian kööge, kööki (“to cook, boil”), West Frisian koaitsje (“to cook”), Cimbrian khochan, khòchan (“to cook”), Dutch koken (“to cook”), German kochen (“to cook”), Limburgish kaoke, kauche (“to cook”), Luxembourgish kachen (“to cook”), Vilamovian kocha, koha (“to cook”), Yiddish קאָכן (kokhn, “to cook”)), from Late Latin cocō (“to cook”).

cook · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
2. Proto-Indo-European*pékʷeti
3. Proto-Italic*kʷekʷō
4. Latin*quoquō
5. Latincoquō
6. Latincoquus
7. Vulgar Latin*cocus
8. Old Englishcōc
9. Middle Englishcook
10. Middle Englishcoken
11. English todaycook

From Middle English coken, from the noun cook. In the slang sense of "proceed with some plan", coined by American rapper from California Lil B in 2010 and popularized in viral tweets and TikToks in mid-2022.

cook · verb³

Imitative.

cook · verb⁴

Unknown; possibly related to chuck.

Cook · proper noun⁵

From cook. Doublet of Koch and Kok.

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