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Where does “stovemaker” come from?

stovemaker (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.

stovemaker (English): One who manufactures stoves

Definitions

  1. One who manufactures stoves

Ancestry of “stovemaker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstoveA heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the...
2Middle Low Germanstove—
3Old Frenchestuverto bathe
4Old Frenchestuvelarge bath
5Medieval Latinstupha—
6Ancient Greekτῦφοςa kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense
7Ancient Greekτύφωto smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke
8Proto-Indo-Europeandhubh-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandheu-scatter like dust
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dheu- →