precook

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verb

to partially or completely cook in advance

OriginEnglish cook ← Middle English coken ← Old English cōc →
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Meanings

verbprecook (third-person singular simple present precooks, present participle precooking, simple past and past participle precooked)

present singular third person precooks · participle present precooking · participle past precooked · past precooked

  1. transitiveto partially or completely cook in advance

Origin

  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. Englishprecook

From pre- + cook.

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Translations

German vorkochen
  • vorkochenpartially or completely cook in advance
Polish gotować uprzednio, ugotować uprzednio
  • gotować uprzedniopartially or completely cook in advance
  • ugotować uprzedniopartially or completely cook in advance
Portuguese pré-cozinhar
  • pré-cozinharpartially or completely cook in advance
Spanish precocinar
  • precocinarpartially or completely cook in advance
Cite this entry
APA

precook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precook

MLA

“precook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precook. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precook.

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