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Cuisine

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a style of cooking, especially associated with a particular country or region
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Stage 1 of 3
coquina
Latin · ancient
"kitchen"
meaning "kitchen", from "coquere" (to cook)
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Stage 2 of 3
cuisine
French · medieval
"kitchen; style of cooking"
came to mean the style and practice of cooking
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Stage 3 of 3
cuisine
English · 1700s
"a style of cooking"
adopted directly from French for a style of cooking
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