Etymology of the French word étuve
the French word
étuvederived from the Vulgar Latin word
extupaderived from the Vulgar Latin root
*extupareusing the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsderived from the Greek word
tuphein, τύφω (to make a smoke; slowly consume without flame)
derived from the Latin root
*tufusDate
The earliest known usage of étuve in French dates from the 11th century.
Derivations in French
étuverDerivations in other languages
Romanian
etuvăCognates
English
stove, Italian
stufa, Provençal
estuba, Spanish
estufa
