Etymograph

English

Simcox

Simcox comes from English cock ‘a medieval diminutive suffix’.

  1. English1500–presentcock‘a medieval diminutive suffix’
  2. EnglishtodaySimcox

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentcock‘a medieval diminutive suffix’
  2. EnglishtodaySimcox

A compound of Sim + cock ‘a medieval diminutive suffix’ + -s

Middle English Sym

English Sim

Proto-Germanic *kukkaz

Proto-West Germanic *kokk ‘cock, rooster, chicken’

Old English cocc

Middle English cok ‘rooster, cock’

English cock

Linked words

through English cock ‘a medieval diminutive suffix’

cocktail, cockpit, cocker, cocking, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname transferred from the given name.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / English cock / Simcox

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