Where does “kitchenhand” come from?

kitchenhand (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.

kitchenhand (English): A person who is employed to assist a cook in a...

Definitions

  1. A person who is employed to assist a cook in a...

Ancestry of “kitchenhand”, step by step

kitchenhand 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 Hand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHandThe part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals
2Middle Englishhondhand; Alternative form of hound
3Old EnglishhandA hand
4Proto-West Germanichanduhand
5SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
6Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
7Old Norsehǫndhand
8Proto-Germanichanduzhand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-
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