We can say “cook” and “cook”, but for a modern man with a masculine gender, the words “cook” already have difficulties. This word is older and once had a masculine version of "cook". What does the word mean? What is its significance? Who was called a cook in Russia? What historical errors and myths are associated with this word? All this will be discussed in the article.
The origin of the word "cook", its meaning, definition
The following interpretations of the word are given in the dictionaries:
- in the dictionary Ozhegova S.I. and Shvedova N.Yu. A “cook” is a servant in a kitchen that prepares food;
- in the dictionary of synonyms such substitute words are indicated: maid, cook, cook, frying pan, rag, maid, armor, cook;
- in D.N. Ushakov’s dictionary, “cook” is a housekeeper who cooks dishes;
- in the Small Academic Dictionary, this is a worker who cooks, a cook.
It is believed that the word came from the Polish “cook”, which means “cook”, “cook”. It is present in Ukrainian, Czech, Polish.
Who was called a cook in Russia
In the 19th century, it was fashionable in Russia to invite the French, who called themselves “cooks” in the French style, to secured houses for cooking, but Russian gentlemen called them “cooks”. In the Dahl V.I. dictionary, “cook” is a specially trained person who cooks food.
Serfs or hired women, who were called cooks by habit, were prepared for servants. It should be noted that in the 19th century the word “cook” was already outdated and was not used in speech, but “cook” was still quite actively used in the spoken language.
Those gentlemen who could not afford French specialists were prepared by the serf, and if she cooked no worse than overseas cooks, she was proudly called the “cook” or “cook”.
A cook who prepared food for the masters was called white, and for the servant it was called black. It follows that the expression "black cook" has nothing to do with mysticism. This concept is used by Tolstoy L. N. in the novel "Anna Karenina."
