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coquina.

cooking; art of cookery; kitchen (L+S);

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kɔˈkʷiː.na]Classical-Latin[koˈkʷiː.na]

  1. cooking; art of cookery

    Late-Latin · declension-1

  2. kitchen

    Late-Latin · declension-1
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō Latin *quoquō Latin coquō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin coquus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin coquīnusnom. Latin coquina Feminine nominalization of coquīnus. Doublet of popīna.

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