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
kitchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English cycen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | cycen | Alternative form of cyċene; Alternative form of... |
| 2 | Old English | cyċene | kitchen |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | kukinā | kitchen |
| 4 | Latin | cocīna | kitchen |
| 5 | Latin | coquīna | cooking; art of cookery |
| 6 | Latin | coquīnus | cook's |
| 7 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 8 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 9 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 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- | — |
via Old English cycene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | cycene | kitchen |