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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (cheminee, supplement)

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