Where does “kiln” come from?
Kiln comes from Middle English kilne, from Old English cylene, from Latin culina meaning kitchen or cooking place, ultimately from Latin coquo meaning to cook.
kiln (English): An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the...
Definitions
- An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the...
Ancestry of “kiln”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | kilne | A kiln |
| 2 | Old English | cylene | — |
| 3 | Latin | culīna | kitchen |
| 4 | Latin | coquīna | cooking; art of cookery |
| 5 | Latin | coquīnus | cook's |
| 6 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 7 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 8 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 9 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 10 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 11 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 13 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |