Where does “cocklestove” come from?
cocklestove (English) comes from English stove, from Middle Low German stove, from Old French estuver, from Old French estuve, from Medieval Latin stupha, from Ancient Greek τῦφος, from Ancient Greek τύφω, from Proto-Indo-European dhubh- — scatter like dust.
cocklestove (English): A masonry heater covered in tile; a tile stove
Definitions
- A masonry heater covered in tile; a tile stove
Ancestry of “cocklestove”, step by step
cocklestove traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stove
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stove | A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | stove | — |
| 3 | Old French | estuver | to bathe |
| 4 | Old French | estuve | large bath |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | stupha | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τῦφος | a kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύφω | to smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dhubh- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dheu- | scatter like dust |
via English cockle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cockle | Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks,... |
| 2 | French | coquille | shell; dish; scallop; typo, misprint |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | conchilia | — |
| 4 | Latin | conchylium | shellfish; oyster; purple |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κογχύλιον | small mussel |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῐον | diminutive suffix; "suffix forming... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |