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
- A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an...
Ancestry of “cauldron”, step by step
cauldron traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English caudroun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | caudroun | A kettle pot for boiling |
| 2 | Old French | chauderon | cooking-pot |
| 3 | Old French | chaudiere | cooking-pot |
| 4 | Latin | caldāria | warm bath |
| 5 | Latin | caldārius | Of, pertaining to or suitable for warmth or bathing |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via Old Northern French caudron
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Northern French | caudron | — |
| 2 | Latin | caldārium | warm bath |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |