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 oblique singular, f (oblique plural cheminees, nominative singular cheminee, nominative plural cheminees)

1. chimney (vent used to allow smoke and other fumes to escape)

Descendants

• French: cheminée (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: cheunm'née, chimenaée, chim'naïe, chimnee
• → Middle English: chymeney
  • English: chimney
  • Scots: chimley, chimlie
  • Yola: gimlie
  • → Welsh: simnai

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (cheminee, supplement)