Where does “kitchen cabinet” come from?

kitchen cabinet (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.

kitchen cabinet (English): Built-in cabinet found in a kitchen; An informal...

Definitions

  1. Built-in cabinet found in a kitchen; An informal...

Ancestry of “kitchen cabinet”, step by step

kitchen cabinet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English kitchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkitchenA room or area for preparing food; Cuisine; The...
2Middle EnglishkicheneA kitchen; room for food preparation
3Old Englishcyċen
4Proto-West Germanickukinākitchen
5Latincocīnakitchen
6Latincoquīnacooking; art of cookery
7Latincoquīnuscook's
8LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
9Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
10EnglishCookA placename
11Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
12Middle High Germankochento cook
13Old High Germankohhōnto cook
14Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
15Latincoqueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
16Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
17Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
18Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
19Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-

via English cabinet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcabinetA storage closet either separate from, or built...
2Frenchcabineta study; an office, a surgery; a cabinet
3French-etsuffix indicating diminution or affection
4Middle French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun
5Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
6Latin-ātused
7Proto-Italic-ātos
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti