biscoctus

Latin

Etymology

From (panis) bis (“twice”) + coctus (“cooked”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bisˈkok.tus/, [bɪs̠ˈkɔkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bisˈkok.tus/, [bisˈkɔkt̪us]

Noun

biscoctus m (genitive biscoctī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) bread, loaf
2. (Medieval Latin) hardtack

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	biscoctus	biscoctī
Genitive	biscoctī	biscoctōrum
Dative	biscoctō	biscoctīs
Accusative	biscoctum	biscoctōs
Ablative	biscoctō	biscoctīs
Vocative	biscocte	biscoctī

Descendants

• Asturian: bizcuechu
• Old French: bescuit
  • French: biscuit (see there for further descendants)
  • → Middle English: bisquyte, bysquyte, besquite, byscute, bisquit, byscocte
    • English: biscuit (see there for further descendants)
    • >? Yola: busk
• Galician: biscoito
• Italian: biscotto
• Portuguese: biscoito
• Spanish: bizcocho

References

• biscoctus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)