Where does “kitchenry” come from?
kitchenry (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.
kitchenry (English): The body of servants employed in the kitchen
Definitions
- The body of servants employed in the kitchen
Ancestry of “kitchenry”, step by step
kitchenry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English kitchen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kitchen | A room or area for preparing food; Cuisine; The... |
| 2 | Middle English | kichene | A kitchen; room for food preparation |
| 3 | Old English | cyċen | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kukinā | kitchen |
| 5 | Latin | cocīna | kitchen |
| 6 | Latin | coquīna | cooking; art of cookery |
| 7 | Latin | coquīnus | cook's |
| 8 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 9 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 10 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 11 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 12 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 13 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 15 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via English ry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ry | A test pattern consisting of a repeating character string alternating letters R and Y, used to test five-level teleprinter and radioteletype (RTTY) systems |