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Where does “κουζίνα” come from?

κουζίνα (Greek) comes from Venetian cusina, from Latin cocīna, from Latin coquīna, from Latin coquīnus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen.

κουζίνα (Greek): kitchen; cooker; cuisine, cookery

Definitions

  1. kitchen; cooker; cuisine, cookery

Ancestry of “κουζίνα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Venetiancusina—
2Latincocīna—
3Latincoquīna—
4Latincoquīnus—
5LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
6Latincoquō—
7EnglishCook—
8Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
9Middle High Germankochento cook
10Old High Germankohhōnto cook
11Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
12Latincoqueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
13Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—
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