Etymology

kitchenware

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Today it means: Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishkitchen
  2. Proto-Germanic*warō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  4. Old Englishwaru
  5. Middle Englishware
  6. English todaykitchenware

From kitchen + -ware.

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