stive

stive · noun¹

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

stive · verb²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτύφω“to smoke”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*extuphāre
3. Middle English · inherited fromstīven
4. English todaystive

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”).

stive · verb³

Related to Italian stivàre, Portuguese estivar.

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