Where does “scullery” come from?
Scullery comes from Old French squillerie, from Old French escuelerie, from Old French escuele meaning "dish," from Latin scutella, from Latin scutra, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sek- meaning "to cut."
scullery (English): A small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up...
Definitions
- A small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up...
Ancestry of “scullery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | squylerie | A scullery; a department of the medieval household responsible for dishes and utensils |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | squillerie | — |
| 3 | Old French | escuele | bowl; dish |
| 4 | Latin | scutella | a small or shallow bowl, basin or dish; a small... |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |