Stove
/stoʊv/noun
A device or enclosed structure used for heating or cooking.
Did you know?In English, *stove* originally referred to a heated room or bathhouse, and the cooking appliance took over the name much later because it was the thing that made the room hot.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*steu-
“to push, thrust, strike”
Latin
Latin
extūfāre / extufare
“to heat, dry out, fumigate”
Late Latin
Latin
extūbāre
“to heat, warm”
Old French
Old French
estuve
“a heated room; bath, stove”
Middle English
English
stove
“a heated room or bathhouse”
Modern English
English
stove
“a cooking or heating appliance”