DictionaryRoot: coquere
Latin
coquere
cook or ripen
Forms
- coquere
- coct- — The changed form used for completed action.
Origin
From an ancient Indo-European cooking root, also represented in English bake through another branch.
Note
Heat can prepare food or bring something toward readiness.
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noun
cooking
The activity of preparing food, usually using heat.
Etymology
Latin coquere supplies the cooking word. The ending -ing names the activity, gathering the preparation of food, especially its transformation by heat, into a single process.