oven English · revision 10295

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 725|origins=gem-pro *uhnaz|origins=ine-pro *aukʷ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈʌ.vn̩/, /ˈʌv.ən/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|ang|ofen|t=furnace, oven]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Proto-Germanic *ukhnaz,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) source also of Dutch oven, German [[m|de|Ofen|t=stove]], Old Norse ofn and Gothic aúhns,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from PIE *aukʷ-, a cooking pot,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) source also of Latin aulla, pot, Greek ipnós, oven, and Sanskrit [[m|sa|उखा|tr=ukhā́|t=cooking pot]];^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) perhaps originally something hollowed out.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A furnace: before 900 in the OED, about 725 in Barnhart, in a translation of Daniel;^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) a chamber for baking bread, about 1000.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A chamber for heating or drying substances in chemistry and industry is from 1753.^(OED 1989) The ovenbird is named for its oven-shaped nest.^(Etymonline) The colloquial ''to have something in the oven'', to be pregnant, is from 1962.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) ''Ovenware'' is by 1916, in Pyrex advertisements.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 725 – a furnace.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1000 – a baking oven.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1753 – a drying chamber.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1916 – ovenware.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1962 – in the oven, pregnant.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An enclosed compartment, as in a [[stove]], for baking or roasting food.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A similar chamber for drying, firing or hardening things, as a [[kiln]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To cook in an oven.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ovenlike]]

+ * [[ovenable]]

+ * [[ovenproof]]

+ * [[ovenware]]

+ * [[ovenwood]]

+ * [[ovenbird]]

+ * [[convection oven]]

+ * [[Dutch oven]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stove]]

+ * [[kiln]]

+ * [[furnace]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}