Where does “stuvagar” come from?
stuvagar (Ido) comes from Ido stuvo, 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 — scatter like dust.
stuvagar (Ido): to dry or heat in a slow, moist heat; to foment
Definitions
- to dry or heat in a slow, moist heat; to foment
Ancestry of “stuvagar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ido | stuvo | sweating room; hot air bath; hot room; vapor... |
| 2 | English | stove | A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | stove | — |
| 4 | Old French | estuver | to bathe |
| 5 | Old French | estuve | large bath |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | stupha | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τῦφος | a kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύφω | to smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dhubh- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dheu- | scatter like dust |