Why is the kitchen called “The Kitchen” and not “The Cooking room” to follow suit with other room names Bedroom, Living Room, Bathroom etc.

Question

Why is the kitchen called “The Kitchen” and not “The Cooking room” to follow suit with other room names Bedroom, Living Room, Bathroom etc.

In: Other

Answer 1

Interesting question.

When did these areas of home become a “separate room”? I’m guessing the kitchen was a “separate room”within a dwelling before all the other areas (i.e. bedroom, living room and bathroom) were separate rooms.

Interesting note, In the US, even up till the end of WW2, most rural homes didn’t have an indoor toilet but an outhouse.