Etymology

couveuse

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Today it means: An incubator for sickly infants, especially those born prematurely. Full definition →

French couveuse ← Latin cubāre ← Proto-Italic *kubāō
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  1. Proto-Italic*kubāō
  2. Latincubāre
  3. Frenchcouver
  4. Frenchcouveuse
  5. English todaycouveuse

Borrowed from French couveuse.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.