Meaning
A person who prepares food.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
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 Vulgar Latin *cocusbor. Old English cōc Middle English cook English cook From Middle English cook, from Old English cōc (“a cook”), from Latin cocus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”). Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian khoch (“cook”), Dutch kok (“cook”), German Koch (“cook”), Luxembourgish Kach (“cook”), Danish kok (“cook”), Icelandic kokkur (“cook”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kokk (“cook”), Swedish kock (“cook”). Also compare Proto-West Germanic *kokōn (“to cook”) (whence North Frisian kööge, kööki (“to cook, boil”), West Frisian koaitsje (“to cook”), Cimbrian khochan, khòchan (“to cook”), Dutch koken (“to cook”), German kochen (“to cook”), Limburgish kaoke, kauche (“to cook”), Luxembourgish kachen (“to cook”), Vilamovian kocha, koha (“to cook”), Yiddish קאָכן (kokhn, “to cook”)), from Late Latin cocō (“to cook”).
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 18 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-04-18CAMEBKO
- 2026-01-23KBLDCEO
- 2025-08-29KCOEDNU
- 2025-08-07OCKHGIN
- 2025-06-23KCRIHOY
- 2025-06-11OUANKCL
- 2025-03-14KRALOCB
- 2025-01-07CWLEKOD
- 2024-09-17OAKCBDR
- 2024-07-03CAKLORW
- 2024-04-22CGOKINR
- 2024-02-28CAOKBMR
+6 earlier appearances in the archive.