verb/salkoˈt͡ʃaɾ/
to cook food in water and salt (especially meat, fish, and legumes)
Etymology tree Old Spanish sal Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō Latin *quoquō Latin coquō Latin coctus Late Latin cocere Old Spanish cozer Old Spanish cocho Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Old Spanish -ar Spanish -ar Spanish salcochar From sal + cocho, archaic past participl