Bake

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Old English bacan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bakken and German backen .

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From Middle English baken, from Old English bacan(“to bake”), from Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną(“to bake”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-(“to roast, bake”).

Cognate with West Frisian bakke(“to bake”), Dutch bakken(“to bake”), Low German backen(“to bake”), German backen(“to bake”), Norwegian Bokmål bake(“to bake”), Danish bage(“to bake”), Swedish baka(“to bake”), Ancient Greek φώγω(phṓgō, “roast”, verb).

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bake (v.)

Old English bacan "to bake, to cook by dry heat in a closed place or on a heated surface," from Proto-Germanic *bakan "to bake" (source also of Old Norse baka, Middle Dutch backen, Old High German bahhan, German backen), from PIE *bheg- (source also of Greek phogein "to roast"), extended form of root *bhē- "to warm" (see bath). Related: Baked (Middle English had baken); baking. Baked beans attested by 1803.

bake (n.)

1560s, "process of baking," from bake (v.). As "social gathering at which baked food is served," 1846, American English.