cook

cook
\ \ [OE] The noun cook is a lot more ancient than the verb, which in English was a 14thcentury development from the noun. The noun itself was borrowed in Old English times from Vulgar Latin cōcus, a descendant of classical Latin coquus. This is of Indo-European origin, and has been linked with Greek pésseincook, boil’. Also from Latin coquus English gets concoct and biscuit, but cookie [18], a borrowing from Dutch koekje, is, despite its similarity, related not to cook but to cake.
\ \ Cf.APRICOT, CONCOCT, CUISINE, CULINARY, KILN, KITCHEN, PEPSIN, PRECOCIOUS

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