Where does “ghost kitchen” come from?

ghost kitchen (French) comes from English ghost kitchen, 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.

ghost kitchen (French): dark kitchen

Definitions

  1. dark kitchen

Ancestry of “ghost kitchen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishghost kitchen
2EnglishkitchenA room or area for preparing food; Cuisine; The...
3Middle EnglishkicheneA kitchen; room for food preparation
4Old Englishcyċen
5Proto-West Germanickukinākitchen
6Latincocīnakitchen
7Latincoquīnacooking; art of cookery
8Latincoquīnuscook's
9LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
10Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
11EnglishCookA placename
12Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
13Middle High Germankochento cook
14Old High Germankohhōnto cook
15Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
16Latincoqueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
17Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
18Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
19Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
20Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-