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==Etymology== The word "chef" is derived (and shortened) from the term ''chef de cuisine'' ({{IPA|fr|ʃɛf.də.kɥi.zin}}), the director or head of a [[kitchen]]. (The French word comes from [[Latin]] ''[[:wikt:caput|caput]]'' (head) and is cognate with [[English language|English]] "chief"). In English, the title ''chef'' in the [[culinary arts]] originated in the ''[[haute cuisine]]'' of the 19th century. The culinary arts, among other aspects of the French language, introduced French loan words into the English language.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/documents/innervate/10-11/1011rothhistoryofenglish.pdf|title = Innervate|access-date = January 30, 2016|publisher = The University of Nottingham School of English Studies|last = Roth|first = Isabel}}</ref> The word is often used by itself as an [[honorific]] to address chefs by each other, apprentices, and [[waiting staff]].
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