Where does “kennel” come from?
Kennel derives from Middle English canel, from Old French canel, from Latin canalis meaning channel or pipe, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European keh₂n-.
kennel (English): A house or shelter for a dog; A facility at which...
Definitions
- A house or shelter for a dog; A facility at which...
Ancestry of “kennel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | kenel | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | kenil | — |
| 3 | Old French | chenil | kennel |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | canile | kennel |
| 5 | Latin | Canis | a dog, a hound animal |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |