Talk:cookbook

cookbook
RFV etymology. On a hunch, I'd imagine that the etymology is just cook + book, and not from German. I was going to change it, but maybe RFV is a better place. --Jackofclubs 08:28, 11 September 2008 (UTC)


 * It's clearly cook: + book:, but that's not a very common compound style in English. It wouldn't shock me if it was a calque of German Kochbuch:. —Ruakh TALK 16:47, 11 September 2008 (UTC)


 * MWOnline dates it at 1809, which, to me, makes the calque seem more plausible. Some dictionaries call it an Americanism, with "cookery book" the UK term. German popular cultural influence in the US was strong at that time. DCDuring TALK 17:43, 11 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Added the cook + book with a note that there is the possibility that it was also a calque from German. Everybody Nobody is happy! -  02:19, 2 February 2010 (UTC)