Etymology

cookery

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Today it means: The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking. Full definition →

Middle English cokerie
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromcokerie
  2. English todaycookery

From Middle English cokerie, kokery, equivalent to cook + -ery.

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