Etymology

culinary

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Today it means: Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking. Full definition →

French culinaire ← Latin culīnārius
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromculīnārius
  2. French · borrowed fromculinaire
  3. English todayculinary

Borrowed from French culinaire, itself a borrowing from Latin culīnārius, from culīna (“kitchen”).

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