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cuisine
Cuisine comes from French cuisine ‘cooking, culinary art, kitchen’, from Latin coquīnus ‘cook’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pekʷ-‘to cook’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pékʷeti‘to be cooking’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷekʷō‘to cook’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*quoquōreconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoquō‘to cook’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoquus‘a cook’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoquīnus‘cook’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcoquīna‘kitchen’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEcocīna‘kitchen’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400cuisine‘kitchen’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘cooking, culinary art, kitchen’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pekʷ-‘to cook’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pékʷeti‘to be cooking’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷekʷō‘to cook’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*quoquōreconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoquō‘to cook’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoquus‘a cook’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoquīnus‘cook’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcoquīna‘kitchen’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEcocīna‘kitchen’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400cuisine‘kitchen’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘cooking, culinary art, kitchen’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024same form
Earliest quotation: 2024, Brooke Younger, What Is Swicy, and Why Do You Need It in Your Life?: “For example, salsa and pico de gallo from Mexican…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- ‘to cook’
pumpkin, ricotta, quitter, peptic, dyspepsia, 14 more
through Latin coquō ‘to cook’
concoction, concoct, decoction, 6 more
through Latin coquus ‘a cook’
through Late Latin coquīna ‘kitchen’
through Late Latin cocīna ‘kitchen’
Today it means
noun A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- / cuisine