bain-marie
noun /ˌbæn məˈriː/
/ˌbæn məˈriː/
(from French)- a pan of hot water in which a bowl of food is cooked or warmed slowlyWord Originearly 18th cent.: French, translation of medieval Latin balneum Mariae ‘bath of Maria’, translating Greek kaminos Marias ‘furnace of Maria’, said to be a Jewish alchemist.