biscoctus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /bisˈkok.tus/, [bɪs̠ˈkɔkt̪ʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bisˈkok.tus/, [bisˈkɔkt̪us]

Noun

biscoctus m (genitive biscoctī); second declension

(Medieval Latin) bread, loaf
(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

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: biscotto
Gallo-Italic:
- Ligurian: beschéutto
- Piedmontese: bëscheuit
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: biscouét
- 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
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: bescuit
- Occitan:
  Gascon: biscuèit
  
  Languedocien: bescuèch, bescuèit
  
  Limousin: biscuech, biscueit
  
  Provençal: bescuech
  
  Vivaro-Alpine: bescuech, biscuech
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: biscueto
- Asturian: bizcuechu
- Galician: biscoito
- 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)

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