{"id":23760,"date":"2024-11-08T15:01:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T15:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23760"},"modified":"2024-11-08T15:01:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T15:01:44","slug":"kitchen-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23760","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is the word <strong>kitchen<\/strong> related to the words <strong>apricot<\/strong>, <strong>pumpkin<\/strong> and <strong>melon<\/strong>? Let&#8217;s find out.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/40355472362\/in\/photolist-LtoYNT-Ltpff4-Lxj8C7-STx5DT-T5VEfK-24u5kYf-25N4NXJ-2mJpmR4-2mJtuba-2oo5sAU\" title=\"My kitchen \/ Fy nghegin\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4656\/40355472362_29667e2c0e_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" alt=\"My kitchen \/ Fy nghegin\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>This is my current kitchen, which will soon be replaced with a new one, that I bought this week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kitchen<\/strong> [\u02c8k\u026at\u0283(\u026a)n \/ \u02c8k\u026at\u0283(\u0259)n] comes from  Middle English <em>kichen(e)<\/em>, from Old English <em>cy\u010bene<\/em> (kitchen), from Proto-West Germanic <em>*kukin\u0101<\/em> (kitchen), from Late Latin <em>coc\u012bna<\/em> (kitchen), from <em>coqu\u012bna<\/em> (cooking, kitchen, cookery), from <em>coqu\u014d<\/em> (to cook, ripen), from earlier <em>*quoqu\u014d<\/em>, from Proto-Italic <em>*k\u02b7ek\u02b7\u014d<\/em> (to cook), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*p\u00e9k\u02b7eti<\/em> (to be cooking, to ripen), from <em>*pek\u02b7-<\/em> (to cook, ripen) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/kitchen\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/derekmarkham\/4933827286\/in\/photolist-8vZ9XG-voajZy-8oZ9re-4kYR3R-gCmAR-nmLVfH-9k7MYR-2oc6WaH-5Zit58-NnKyY-2dFozCV-2kMa2JD-2iy7Jmm-2iDGEmV-2iz81Rt-2oV7sUB-2kPRivw-2c3jEEa-TGiBNB-2kbTTuG-Rc5RaQ-53ycTi-AKf1ZV-7VCNM4-2kCW4VX-GcyDqQ-6Ftxq9-5sotoY-GcyDnd-a19UTy-24kqgyr-24WHRUt-99MuNm-G7riTa-Ravh2A-MyopL-5kSoRm-PqVUGV-69nvAu-BrUhgP-dvices-5vVUhW-2ozsTvA-ofwzvJ-55XNJU-4npgwq-8ghFBj-88WrBK-2ij1ycF-CHzmq2\" title=\"Apricots\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4140\/4933827286_c02c5d07da_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Apricots\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Apricot<\/strong> was originally <strong>apricock<\/strong> in English, from Catalan <strong>abrecoc \/ abricoc<\/strong> (apricot), from Arabic <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0628\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0642\u064f\u0648\u0642<\/strong> (al-barq\u016bq &#8211; plums), from Byzantine Greek <em>\u03b2\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03ba\u03ba\u03af\u03b1<\/em> (berikokk\u00eda &#8211; apricot tree), from Ancient Greek <em>\u03c0\u03c1\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03ba\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd<\/em> (praik\u00f3kion &#8211; apricot), from Late Latin <em>(persica) praecocia<\/em> (&#8220;(peaches) which ripen early&#8221;), from <em>praecox<\/em> (ripe before its time, premature, precocious, untimely), from <em>prae-<\/em> (before) and <em>coqu\u014d<\/em> (to cook, ripen), from Proto-Italic <em>*k\u02b7ek\u02b7\u014d<\/em> (to cook), from PIE <em>*p\u00e9k\u02b7eti<\/em> (to be cooking, to ripen), from <em>*pek\u02b7-<\/em> (to cook, ripen)   [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/apricot#English\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/somebox\/4052136643\/in\/photolist-7b5g3T-daHW5x-iFatF9-pZdHoy-5R2DD-8NAGFt-8La9KV-6E59E-oGU5wc-oGTqbB-3e75z7-77gXx2-77gXqe-8HyrHF-kJTBFD-ggUzAB-5vbViQ-pz1RE-79wgnn-5vbUU1-74QNUo-gEEeNF-8KGvGX-kJUBmB-5msURe-nojRB4-h4KAve-pUtqTB-qsuGY-r1XKM-FNe6zW-5Gwufa-5BJD7-7bMnUo-8GcSfh-5wwFr-3i6TAQ-3ojWzL-8G9Fwc-MPWaxu-pD6AgA-71AmQ5-ddLWr4-8Mp1oK-oU5HQ-74CtRU-buFeKK-3JZteR-8KpGGG-oU5Xe\" title=\"Pumpkins!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3501\/4052136643_c03c7d6874_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Pumpkins!\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pumpkin<\/strong> comes from Middle French <em>pompon<\/em> (melon, cucumber), from Latin <em>pep\u014d<\/em> (pumpkin, large melon), from Ancient Greek <em>\u03c0\u03ad\u03c0\u03c9\u03bd<\/em> (p\u00e9p\u014dn &#8211; large melon), from <em>\u03c0\u03ad\u03c0\u03c9\u03bd<\/em> (p\u00e9p\u014dn &#8211; ripe), from <em>\u03c0\u03ad\u03c0\u03c4\u03c9<\/em> (p\u00e9pt\u014d &#8211; ripen), an alternative form of <em>\u03c0\u03ad\u03c3\u03c3\u03c9<\/em> (p\u00e9ss\u014d &#8211; to soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake), from Proto-Hellenic <em>*p\u00e9\u0165\u0165\u014d<\/em> (to cook, ripen), from PIE <em>*p\u00e9k\u02b7-ye-<\/em>, from <em>*pek\u02b7-<\/em> (to cook, ripen) [<a  href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/pumpkin#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chris_doemel\/662158541\/in\/photolist-21vJEz-eXLmed-6AzKcL-2h7u2q-2ngRQZm-2qoBqRb-yKvWHK-6C8sq3-4HxQpZ-Wwve6d-2oUUdsq-McDj5k-HM4pS-aag5g8-2mgqfCG-nTpJfb-6Uyr51-2kna4p6-56Tii8-2zKUSp-p4oPNG-iQcoc-6VrDq-oLW6i7-bDf4Nf-p2oSAS-oLVVfk-FvX32F-bgS9W-FvX6m6-a5hXLi-4LXDPJ-wMWWZ9-2mbyGkc-oLW6M3-6HZ2Q1-d3SzjA-dhXrdA-a5hYXz-dZjeH-7U8MFt-cuwR8N-23EJCVd-4qZsn4-3GzZ5-ieqQz-8ffNSR-oMVMDh-4q8MX1-2yZuB\" title=\"Melons\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1316\/662158541_6f94de069a_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Melons\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Melon<\/strong> comes from Middle English <em>melo(u)n<\/em> (melon), from Old French <em>melon<\/em> (melon), from Late Latin <em>melonem<\/em> (melon), from Latin <em>melopeponem<\/em>, from Ancient Greek \u03bc\u03b7\u03bb\u03bf\u03c0\u03ad\u03c0\u03c9\u03bd (m\u0113lop\u00e9p\u014dn &#8211; melon), from <em>\u03bc\u1fc6\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd<\/em> (m\u00ealon &#8211; apple, any fruit from a tree) + <em>\u03c0\u03ad\u03c0\u03c9\u03bd<\/em> (p\u00e9p\u014dn &#8211; ripe) from PIE <em>*p\u00e9k\u02b7onts<\/em> (cooking, ripening), from <em>*pek\u02b7-<\/em> (to cook, ripen) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/melon#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>So parts of them at least share a common root: PIE <em>*pek\u02b7-<\/em> (to cook, ripen). <\/p>\n<p>Other words from the same root include <strong>biscuit<\/strong>, <strong>concoct<\/strong>, <strong>cook<\/strong>, <strong>cuisine<\/strong>, <strong>dyspepsia<\/strong> (indigestion) and <strong>precocious<\/strong> in English; <strong>keuken<\/strong> (kitchen, cuisine), <strong>kok<\/strong> (cook, chef) and <strong>koken<\/strong> (to cook, boil, seethe) in Dutch; and <strong>cegin<\/strong> (kitchen), <strong>cogydd(es)<\/strong> (cook), <strong>pobi<\/strong> (to bake, roast), <strong>poeth<\/strong> (hot, spicy) and <strong>popty<\/strong> (oven, bakery) in Welsh [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/pek%CA%B7-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the word kitchen related to the words apricot, pumpkin and melon? Let&#8217;s find out. This is my current kitchen, which will soon be replaced with a new one, that I bought this week. Kitchen [\u02c8k\u026at\u0283(\u026a)n \/ \u02c8k\u026at\u0283(\u0259)n] comes from Middle English kichen(e), from Old English cy\u010bene (kitchen), from Proto-West Germanic *kukin\u0101 (kitchen), from Late [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,86,94,102,104,107,10,302,15,26,27,33,301,45,46,202,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-greek-","category-arabic","category-catalan","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-language","category-late-latin","category-latin","category-middle-english","category-middle-french","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-proto-hellenic","category-proto-indo-european","category-proto-italic","category-proto-west-germanic","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23760"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23764,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23760\/revisions\/23764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}