Etymology

supercook

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Today it means: An exceptional cook. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pékʷeti
  9. Proto-Italic*kʷekʷō
  10. Latin*quoquō
  11. Latincoquō
  12. Latincoquus
  13. Vulgar Latin*cocus
  14. Old Englishcōc
  15. Middle Englishcook
  16. Englishcook
  17. English todaysupercook

From super- + cook.

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