Cooked
/kʊkt/noun
Prepared by heating food until it is ready to eat.
Did you know?The English verb ultimately traces back to Latin coquere, a root tied to cooking, ripening, digesting, and even metaphorical “working over” something until it changes.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pekw-
“to cook, ripen, or prepare by heat”
Latin
Latin
coquere
“to cook, boil, ripen, digest”
Old French
Old French
cocer
“to cook, boil, prepare food”
Middle English
English
coken
“to cook”
Modern English
English
cooked
“prepared by heating food”