cheminee
See also: cheminée
Old French
Alternative forms
- ceminee (Old Northern French)
Etymology
From Late Latin camināta, from Latin camīnus, itself from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos). More at English chimney.
Noun
cheminee f (oblique plural cheminees, nominative singular cheminee, nominative plural cheminees)
- chimney (vent used to allow smoke and other fumes to escape)
Descendants
- → Middle English: chymeney, chymenay, chymne, chymneye, chemyney, kymenay, chymny, chymnay, chymney, chymneth, chiminee, chymeneye, chimnay, chymenei, chimenai, chimeney
- English: chimney
- Scots: chimley
- French: cheminée
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (cheminee, supplement)