English
furnacelike
From furnace + -like.
Formed from furnace + -like
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’
English furnace
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / furnacelike