Etymology of the English word woodcock
the English word
woodcockderived 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
woodderived from the English word
wududerived from the Arabic word
wududerived from the Arabic word
wudūʾderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*widuzderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*woth-Usage
Word found in Modern English
