Etymology

precook

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Today it means: to partially or completely cook in advance Full definition →

English cook ← Middle English coken ← Old English cōc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pékʷeti
  11. Proto-Italic*kʷekʷō
  12. Latin*quoquō
  13. Latincoquō
  14. Latincoquus
  15. Vulgar Latin*cocus
  16. Old Englishcōc
  17. Middle Englishcook
  18. Middle Englishcoken
  19. Englishcook
  20. English todayprecook

From pre- + cook.

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