Where does “bakery” come from?

Bakery derives from Middle English bakerie, formed with the Old English suffix -ery (from Latin -ārius) applied to bake, which comes from Old English bacan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- meaning to bake or heat.

bakery (English): A shop in which bread is baked and/or sold; The...

Definitions

  1. A shop in which bread is baked and/or sold; The...

Ancestry of “bakery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbakeTo cook in an oven; To be cooked in an oven; To...
2Germanbackento bake; to roast; to fry; to fire
3Middle High Germanbacken—
4Old High Germanbackan—
5Middle High Germanbachen—
6Old High Germanbahhanto bake
7Proto-Germanicbakanback

Words derived from “bakery”

Every word from Proto-Germanic bakan →Every word from Old High German bahhan →Every word from Middle High German bachen →