Where does “kitchen” come from?
Kitchen comes from Middle English kychyn, from Old English cycene, from Old English ċicen, from Latin coquina, ultimately from Latin coquo meaning to cook.
kitchen (English): A room or area for preparing food; Cuisine; The...
Definitions
- A room or area for preparing food; Cuisine; The...
Ancestry of “kitchen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | kichene | — |
| 2 | Old English | cyċen | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | kukinā | kitchen |
| 4 | Latin | cocīna | — |
| 5 | Latin | coquīna | — |
| 6 | Latin | coquīnus | — |
| 7 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 8 | Latin | coquō | — |
| 9 | English | Cook | — |
| 10 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 11 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 12 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 14 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
Words derived from “kitchen”