Where does “kitchenful” come from?

kitchenful (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.

kitchenful (English): As much as a kitchen will hold or produce

Definitions

  1. As much as a kitchen will hold or produce

Ancestry of “kitchenful”, step by step

kitchenful 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 ful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishful
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti