Where does “marmita” come from?

marmita (Catalan) comes from French marmite, from Old French marmite, from Old French marmotter — to mutter.

marmita (Catalan): a large metal cooking pot

Definitions

  1. a large metal cooking pot

Ancestry of “marmita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmarmitepot, cooking pot, marmite; shell
2Old Frenchmarmitehypocritical
3Old Frenchmarmotterto mutter
Every word from Old French marmotterEvery word from Old French marmiteEvery word from French marmite