Etymograph

English

estufa

Estufa comes from Spanish estufa ‘stove, oven’, from Italian stufare ‘to stew’, and ultimately from Medieval Latin stupha.

  1. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500stupha
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentstufare‘to stew’
  3. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentstufa
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentestufa‘stove, oven’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500stupha
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentstufare‘to stew’
  3. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentstufa
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentestufa‘stove, oven’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Ancient Greek τῦφος ‘smoke, steam’

typhus, 1 more

through Medieval Latin stupha

stove, stew, 1 more

Today it means

noun A room in a Pueblo Indian house.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Medieval Latin stupha / estufa

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