More "Bakery" Hits

[Fred Shapiro]

On Thu, 1 May 2003, Frank Abate wrote:

> We may be on to something here, but need to find the "missing link".  I
> would bet a small amount that this is a pure Americanism, so far largely
> unnoticed.  I would further gamble that there is older (than 1780) evidence
> from the Philadelphia/PA Dutch area.  I think German Bakerei is the etymon,
> not the Dutch, as DAE says.  Could be wrong there, of course, but this is
> almost certainly an Americanism, and post-Johnson for sure (who has baker
> but not bakery).  As John S noted, bakehouse is the older term.

One problem for your theory is that the Pennsylvania Gazette is online for
the 18th century, and there is no usage of "bakery" there.

Fred Shapiro


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