samovar

Where does the word "samovar" come from? It comes from Russian samovar, and was adopted directly into English (1800s).

Samovar’s story begins in Russian: samovar meant “a self-heating water urn.” Literally self-boiler, a metal urn for heating water for tea. It reached English by 1800s as samovar. Russian 'self-boiler'; the Lisitsyn brothers of Tula began mass production in 1778. Today, samovar means a decorated metal urn used to heat and boil water, especially for tea.

1. Stage 1 · Russian · 1700s samovar "a self-heating water urn", literally self-boiler, a metal urn for heating water for tea.
2. Stage 2 · English · 1800s samovar "a metal urn for heating water for tea", Russian 'self-boiler'; the Lisitsyn brothers of Tula began mass production in 1778.