English
kitchen-boy
From kitchen + boy.
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
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
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Proto-Germanic *bōjô ‘younger brother’
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia ‘boy’
Middle English boye ‘servant, commoner, knave, boy’
English boy
Today it means
noun A boy who does menial tasks in the kitchen of a large establishment.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / kitchen-boy