## Etymology
A 20th-century American compound of the verb cook (from Old English cōc, ultimately from Latin coquus 'cook', from coquere 'to cook') + out, on the pattern of similar phrasal compounds.

## AI Etymology
Cookout is a 20th-century American compound of the verb cook (from Old English cōc, ultimately from Latin coquus 'cook', from coquere 'to cook') + out, on the pattern of similar phrasal compounds. The ancestry passes through Latin coquus, Latin coquere, and Old English ūt. In present use as a noun, it means "an informal outdoor meal cooked and eaten in the open air", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. As a compound, its meaning is assembled from the two visible parts rather than from an opaque borrowing. Related words include cook, cookery, cooker, and barbecue.

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