Etymology

recook

R1E1C3O1O1K5

Today it means: To cook again. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pékʷeti
  8. Proto-Italic*kʷekʷō
  9. Latin*quoquō
  10. Latincoquō
  11. Latincoquus
  12. Vulgar Latin*cocus
  13. Old Englishcōc
  14. Middle Englishcook
  15. Middle Englishcoken
  16. Englishcook
  17. English todayrecook

From re- + cook.

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