Etymology

cooketh

C3O1O1K5E1T1H4
English cook ← Middle English coken ← Old English cōc
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  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. Englishcook
  12. English todaycooketh

From cook + -eth.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.