"supercook" meaning in English

See supercook in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-supercook.wav [US] Forms: supercooks [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō Latin *quoquō Latin coquō Latin -us Latin coquus Vulgar Latin *cocusbor. Old English cōc Middle English cook English cook English supercook From super- + cook. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|super-|cook<id:noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō Latin *quoquō Latin coquō Latin -us Latin coquus Vulgar Latin *cocusbor. Old English cōc Middle English cook English cook English supercook [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "above", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "above", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "above", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*úp", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "alt" : "*-er", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-r", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*upér", "gloss" : "above, over", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*super", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "super", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "super-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "super-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "cook", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to cook", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*quoquō", "lang_name" : "Latin", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to cook", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to be cooking", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "cook", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pekʷ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "thematic present", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pékʷeti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kʷekʷō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "coquō", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-us", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "coquus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "*cocus", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "cōc", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "cook", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cook", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "supercook", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="supercook"> From super- + cook., {{ety|en|:af|super-|cook<id:noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- 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 English supercook From super- + cook. Head templates: {{en-noun}} supercook (plural supercooks)
  1. An exceptional cook.

Inflected forms

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