what is the origin of the word kitchen?

Answer 1

Origin: bef. 1000; ME kichene, OE cycene

Middle English kichene, from Old English cycene, probably from Vulgar Latin *cocna, from Late Latin coquna, from feminine of Latin coqunus, of cooking, from coquus, cook, from coquere, to cook.

Answer 2

Origin Of The Word Kitchen

Answer 3

Kitchen?

According to the Etymological Dictionary, the word 'kitchen' must have derived from Old English, CYCENE, French COCINA ( CUISINE) LATIN Variant 'COQUINA' & then to 'KITCHEN'

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Answer 4

Interesting question. :)

"kitchen Look up kitchen at Dictionary.com
O.E. cycene, from W.Gmc. *kocina (cf. M.Du. cökene, O.H.G. chuhhina, Ger. Küche, Dan. kjøkken), probably borrowed from V.L. *cocina (cf. Fr. cuisine, Sp. cocina), variant of L. coquina "kitchen," from fem. of coquinus "of cooks," from coquus "cook," from coquere "to cook." Kitchen cabinet "informal but powerful set of advisors" is Amer.Eng. slang, 1832, originally in ref. to administration of President Andrew Jackson. Kitchen midden (1863) in archaeology translates Dan. kjøkken mødding. The New York City neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen is first attested 1894. Kitchenette is from 1910, Amer.Eng. Phrase everything but the kitchen sink is from World War II armed forces slang, in ref. to intense bombardment." -http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=kitchen&searchmode=none

-Etymology is always so interesting! : D
Good luck.

Answer 5

The word “kitchen” evolved from the Latin word “coquina,”

Answer 6

There's this thing called a dictionary. In it, you can look up words in the English language. Not only can you find out what words mean, but there's this section called the etymology, where you can find out where words come from.

I'd recommend picking one up. They aren't that expensive.

FP

Answer 7

Middle English kichene, from Old English cycene, probably from Vulgar Latin *cocna, from Late Latin coquna, from feminine of Latin coqunus, of cooking, from coquus, cook, from coquere, to cook. See pekw- in Indo-European Roots.