English

almond furnace

Almond furnace may come from English furnace ‘German furnace’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Made of the words almond + furnace

Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη

Latin amygdala ‘almond tree’

Vulgar Latin *amendla

Old French almande

Middle English almond ‘an almond (tree nut)’

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘to be warm’

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Latin fornus

Latin fornāx ‘a furnace, oven, kiln’

Old French fornais

Middle English forneys ‘a furnace’

Every English word from English furnace

noun A kind of furnace used in refining to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter.

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