Where does “石油ストーブ” come from?
石油ストーブ (Japanese) comes from Japanese ストーブ, 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.
石油ストーブ (Japanese): a kerosene heater
Definitions
- a kerosene heater
Ancestry of “石油ストーブ”, step by step
石油ストーブ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ストーブ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ストーブ | (room) heater; stove |
| 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 |
via Japanese 石油
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 石油 | oil, petroleum; kerosene |