Etymograph

English

kennel

Kennel comes from Middle English kenel, and goes back to Latin canis.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanis
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*canīlereconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400chenil
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400*kenilreconstructed
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kenel
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1515-1516kennel

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanis
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*canīlereconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400chenil
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400*kenilreconstructed
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kenel
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1515-1516kennel

Earliest quotation: c. 1515-1516, John Skelton: “A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell…”

Linked words

pairs

  • kennel and canary both from Latin canis ‘dog’

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ ‘dog’

cynical, hound, poodle, cynic, 10 more

through Latin canis ‘a dog, a hound (animal)’

canine, chenille, 9 more

Today it means

noun A house or shelter for a dog.

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

Etymograph / Latin canis / kennel

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