Kennel
Middle English: from an Old Northern French variant of Old French chenil, from Latin canis ‘dog’.
wiktionary
From Anglo-Norman kenil, from an Old Northern French variant of Old French chenil (whence modern French chenil), from Vulgar Latin *canile, ultimately from Latin canis(“dog”), hence from Latin canēs, from Proto-Italic *kō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.
From Middle English canel, from Old French canel, from Latin canālis(“channel; canal”), from Latin canna(“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα(kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀(qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾(gi.na). Cognate with English channel, canal.
etymonline
kennel (n.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French *kenil, French chenil (attested from 16c. but probably older), from Vulgar Latin *canile, from Latin canis "dog" (from PIE root *kwon- "dog"). With suffix denoting a place where animals are kept, as in ovile "sheepfold" from ovus, equile "horse-stable" from equus, etc. Kennel club is attested from 1857.
kennel (v.)
1550s (intransitive) "live in a kennel;" 1590s (transitive) "house in or as in a kennel;" from kennel (n.). Related: Kenneled; kenneling.
