Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·French ·1780s
Cuisine
from cuisine
- Meaning
- Kitchen — by extension, a manner or style of cooking.
- Source word
- cuisine
- Route into English
- Old French *cuisine* (from Latin *coquina*) → English. Initially meant the room itself, narrowed to "style of cooking" by 1800s restaurant culture.
- Arrived
- 1780s
From French
Beyond the Norman conquest's Old French foundation, English kept borrowing from French for art, cuisine, fashion, and diplomacy throughout the modern period.
English borrows.
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