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Where does “cauldron” come from?

Cauldron comes from Middle English caudron, from Old Northern French caudron, a large metal cooking vessel.

cauldron (English): A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an...

Definitions

  1. A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an...

Ancestry of “cauldron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcaudroun—
2Old Frenchchauderon—
3Old Frenchchaudiere—
4Latincaldāria—
5Latincaldārius—
6Latin-ārius—
7Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “cauldron”

  • caldron
  • cauldronlike
  • cauldronful
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