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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

  1. A room or area for preparing food; Cuisine; The...

Ancestry of “kitchen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishkichene—
2Old Englishcyċen—
3Proto-West Germanickukinākitchen
4Latincocīna—
5Latincoquīna—
6Latincoquīnus—
7LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
8Latincoquō—
9EnglishCook—
10Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
11Middle High Germankochento cook
12Old High Germankohhōnto cook
13Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
14Latincoqueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
15Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
16Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
17Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
18Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—

Words derived from “kitchen”

  • kitchenette
  • kitchenware
  • kitchenmaid
  • kitchener
  • kitchenward
  • kitchenless
  • kitcheny
  • kitchenhand
  • kitchenful
  • minikitchen
  • kitchenlike
  • kitchenry
  • kitchendom
  • nonkitchen
  • kitchenness
  • kitchenscape
  • kitchenet
  • kitchen cabinet
  • ikhishi
  • kitsen
  • kichin
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