Where does “kitchen” come from?
kitchen (Middle English) comes from Old English cycen, from Old English cyċene, from Proto-West Germanic kukinā, from Latin cocīna, from Latin coquīna, from Latin coquīnus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō.
Ancestry of “kitchen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | cycen | Alternative form of cyċene; Alternative form of... |
| 2 | Old English | cyċene | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | kukinā | kitchen |
| 4 | Latin | cocīna | — |
| 5 | Latin | coquīna | — |
| 6 | Latin | coquīnus | — |
| 7 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 8 | Latin | coquō | — |
| 9 | English | Cook | — |
| 10 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 11 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 12 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 14 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
Words derived from “kitchen”