'Cook' is one of the oldest Latin loanwords in English — borrowed from 'coquus' during Roman Britain.
A person who prepares food for eating, especially as a profession.
From Old English 'cōc,' borrowed from Vulgar Latin 'cocus' (variant of Classical Latin 'coquus,' a cook), from 'coquere' (to cook, to ripen, to digest), from PIE *pekʷ- (to cook, to ripen). This is one of the earliest Latin loanwords in English, entering Germanic languages during the Roman period (1st–5th centuries CE) when Roman culinary practices spread across northern Europe. The PIE root *pekʷ- also produced