Etymology

bakeware

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Today it means: Cooking equipment intended for use inside an oven. Full definition →

Middle English ware ← Old English waru ← Proto-West Germanic *waru
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₃g-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₃g-
  3. Proto-Germanic*bakaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bakan
  5. Old Englishbacan
  6. Middle Englishbaken
  7. Englishbake
  8. Proto-Germanic*warō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  10. Old Englishwaru
  11. Middle Englishware
  12. English todaybakeware

From bake + -ware.

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