mid-15c., cokfytyng, match or contest between cocks (see cock (n.1)). Cock-fight (n.) is from 1560s.
cockchafer
cock-crow
cocker
cockerel
cockeyed
cock-fighting
cockhorse
cockle
cockney
cockpit
cockroach
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