Etymograph

English

Kitchener

From kitchener, from kitchen + -er.

Formed from kitchen + -er

Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- ‘to cook’

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Late Latin cocīna

Proto-West Germanic *kukinā

Old English cyċen

Middle English kichene

English kitchen

Today it means

name A surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked in a kitchen.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Kitchener