English

steampipe

From steam + pipe.

A compound of steam + pipe

Proto-Germanic *staubaz ‘dust’

Proto-Germanic *staumaz ‘steam, vapour’

Old English stēam ‘steam’

Middle English steem

English steam

Latin pīpō ‘to pip, peep’

Vulgar Latin *pīpa

Proto-West Germanic *pīpā

Old English pīpe

Middle English pīpe ‘a piece of tubing which string or rope is…’

English pipe

Today it means

noun A pipe of a boiler, through which steam passes.

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

Etymograph / steampipe