Where does “ghost kitchen” come from?
ghost kitchen (English) comes from English kitchen, from Middle English kichene, from Old English cyċen, from Proto-West Germanic kukinā, from Latin cocīna, from Latin coquīna, from Latin coquīnus, from Latin coquus.
Ancestry of “ghost kitchen”, step by step
ghost kitchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English kitchen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kitchen | A room or area for preparing food; Cuisine; The... |
| 2 | Middle English | kichene | A kitchen; room for food preparation |
| 3 | Old English | cyċen | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kukinā | kitchen |
| 5 | Latin | cocīna | kitchen |
| 6 | Latin | coquīna | cooking; art of cookery |
| 7 | Latin | coquīnus | cook's |
| 8 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 9 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 10 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 11 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 12 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 13 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 15 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via English ghost
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ghost | The spirit; the soul of man; The disembodied... |
| 2 | Middle English | gost | a spiritual being; angel, devil, spirit; soul of... |
| 3 | Old English | gāst | breath, soul, spirit, ghost, being |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gaist | ghost, spirit |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gaistaz | terror, fear; spirit, ghost; mind |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰeysd- | anger, agitation |