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DictionaryRoot: estuver
Old French

estuver

take a hot bath; stew

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A close view of a pot of hearty stew gently simmering, with large tender-looking pieces of meat, potato and carrot in thick gravy; a serving bowl beside it makes the finished dish immediately recognizable.
noun / verb

stew

STOO/stuː/

Food cooked slowly in liquid.

Etymology
stewOld Frenchtake a hot bath; stew

Old French estuver meant both taking a hot bath and stewing food. The dish takes its name from the verb’s sense of cooking slowly in liquid; its deeper origin is uncertain.

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