Where does “à la King” come from?

à la King (English) comes from English King, from Middle English king, from Old English cyning, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom — smoke; mist, haze.

à la King (English): Served with a cream sauce containing mushrooms and peppers

Definitions

  1. Served with a cream sauce containing mushrooms and peppers

Ancestry of “à la King”, step by step

à la King traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English King

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishKingradiotelephony clear-code word for the letter K
2Middle Englishkingking monarch
3Old Englishcyningking
4Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
5Proto-West Germanictūnfence
6Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
7Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
8Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via English à la

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishà laAlternative form of a la
2Frenchà laUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic...
3Englisha laIn the style or manner of
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnom →Every word from Gaulish dunum →