English

kitchenmaid

From kitchen + maid.

A compound of kitchen + maid

Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- ‘to cook’

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Late Latin cocīna

Proto-West Germanic *kukinā

Old English cyċen

Middle English kichene

Proto-Indo-European *mogʰus ‘boy’

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Proto-West Germanic *magaþ ‘girl’

Old English mæġden ‘girl’

Middle English maiden

Middle English mayde ‘a maid’

English maid

Today it means

noun A woman employed in a kitchen.

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

Etymograph / kitchenmaid