cook
Middle English
/koːk/
noun
Definitions
- cook, chef, restauranteur
- (figurative) nourisher, nourishment
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cōc (a cook) derived from Latin cocus, coquus (cook).
Origin
Latin
coquus
Gloss
cook
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
炊
Emoji
🍚 👨🍳 👩🍳
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autocook English
- cook English
- cook back English
- cookability English
- cookable English
- cookaholic English
- cookbook English
- cookee English
- cooker English
- cookery English
- cookess English
- cookest English
- cooketh English
- cookfire English
- cookhouse English
- cooking English
- cookless English
- cookline English
- cookmaid English
- cookout English
- cookpot English
- cookroom English
- cookshack English
- cookshop English
- cookstove English
- cooktent English
- cooktop English
- cookware English
- miscook English
- noncook English
- outcook English
- overcook English
- pastrycook English
- precook English
- precooked English
- recook English
- supercook English
- uncook English
- undercook English
- cocus Latin
- coquere Latin
- coquus Latin
- kochen German
- cuoco Italian
- queux French
- *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- kokk Norwegian Bokmål
- *kukaz Proto-Germanic
- *kukōną Proto-Germanic
- kokk Norwegian Nynorsk
- cocnian Old English
- cōc Old English
- กุ๊ก Thai
- coc Middle Dutch
- choch Old High German
- kochōn Old High German
- koh Old High German
- couque Norman
- coutchi Norman
- 焗 Chinese
- kuk Tok Pisin
- kokk Low German
- kukru Sranan Tongo