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English word origin

Etymology of stive

Apparently from a Middle Dutch noun related to stuiven and cognate to German Staub (“dust”).

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

The floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Apparently from a Middle Dutch noun related to stuiven and cognate to German Staub (“dust”).

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

To stew; to be stifled or suffocated.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English stīven, alternative form of stūphen (“to steep (meat in a liquid)”), from Vulgar Latin *extuphāre, *extufāre, *extupāre, from ex- + Ancient Greek τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”). Compare Scots stove (“to stew”) (whence Irish stobh), Old French estuver (“to put into hot water”), and Dutch stoven (“to stew, simmer”).

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  • Inherited-form mentionstīvenenm
  • Derivation mentionτύφωgrc · to smoke
  • Cognate mentionstovesco · to stew
  • Cognate mentionstobhga
  • Cognate mentionestuverfro · to put into hot water
  • Cognate mentionstovennl · to stew, simmer
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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗
verb

Sometimes with up: to compress (something); to cram.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Related to Italian stivàre, Portuguese estivar.

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