kitchen

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pekʷ-“to cook, become ripe”
2. Late Latin · derived fromcocīna
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kukinā
4. Old English · inherited fromcyċen
5. Middle English · inherited fromkichene
6. English todaykitchen

From Middle English kichene, kichen, from Old English cyċen, cyċene, from Proto-West Germanic *kukinā, a borrowing from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna (“kitchen; cuisine”), from coquō (“to cook”), from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”). In other languages, the cognate term often refers both to the room and the type of cooking. In English, the distinction is generally made via the etymological twins kitchen (“room”) (Latin via Germanic) and cuisine (“type of cooking”) (Latin via French).

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