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Samovar

2 stages from Russian to English.

Today it means a decorated metal urn used to heat and boil water, especially for tea
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Stage 1 of 2
samovar
Russian · 1700s
"a self-heating water urn"
literally self-boiler, a metal urn for heating water for tea
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Stage 2 of 2
samovar
English · 1800s
"a metal urn for heating water for tea"
adopted directly for the distinctive Russian tea urn
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