Where does “chimney” come from?
Chimney comes from Middle English chymeney, from Old French cheminee, from Latin caminus, from Ancient Greek κάμινος.
chimney (English): A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit...
Definitions
- A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit...
Ancestry of “chimney”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | chymeneye | A hearth; where a fire is lit |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | chimenee | — |
| 3 | Old French | cheminee | chimney |
| 4 | Latin | camināta | room with a chimney, living room, parlour |
| 5 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |