cucina

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Italian word cucina comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₃-ép-kʷ-, and later Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō (To cook.)

*h₃-ép-kʷ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*pekʷ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*kʷekʷō (Proto-Italic)

To cook.

coquere (Latin)

coquus (Latin)

A cook; person who makes food.

coco (Latin)

Cook's. Of or pertaining to the kitchen.

coquinus (Late Latin)

cocina (Vulgar Latin)

cucina (Italian)

Cooking, cookery, food. Kitchen.

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