Etymology of the English word cockloft
the English word
cockloftderived from the English word
cockderived from the Latin word
coccus (insect used for dye; scarlet dye, color)
derived from the Greek word
kokkos, κόκκος (a kernel of seed)
derived from the Late Latin word
cocoderived from the English word
loftderived from the Old Norse word
loptderived from the Proto-Germanic root
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Word found in Modern English