Etymology of the English word kitchen
the English word
kitchenderived from the Latin word
cocina (cooking; art of cookery; kitchen)
derived from the Late Latin word
coquina (cooking; art of cookery; kitchen)
derived from the Latin word
coquinus (of, pertaining to cooks, cooking)
derived from the Latin word
coquus (cook)
derived from the Classical Latin word
coquere (cook; boil, fry)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pekʷ-Derivations in English
kitchenware,
kitchenette,
kitchenerCognates
Dutch
keuken, French
cuisine, German
Küche, Italian
cucina, Norwegian
kjokke, Portuguese
cozinha, Provençal
cozina, Spanish
cocina, Swedish
kökUsage
Word found in Modern English
