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coquo.

to cook; prepare food

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈkɔ.kʷoː]Classical-Latin[ˈkɔː.kʷo]
  1. to cook; prepare food

    conjugation-3 · transitive
  2. to ripen

    conjugation-3 · transitive
  3. to roast, dry

    conjugation-3 · transitive
Where this word comes from

From earlier *quoquō, from Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti by /*p - *kʷ/ assimilation (compare quīnque, from *pénkʷe), from *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”). Cognate with Sanskrit पचति (pácati), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pacaⁱti), Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō), Tocharian B päk-, Proto-Slavic *peťi, Albanian pjek.

noun[ˈkɔ.kʷoː]Classical-Latin[ˈkɔː.kʷo]
  1. dative/ablative singular of coquus

    ablative · dative · form-of · singular
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