Where does “chowder” come from?

Chowder comes from French chaudière, from Old French chaudiere, from Latin caldus meaning "hot" combined with the agent suffix -arius, ultimately from Proto-Italic kalēō meaning "to be warm."

chowder (English): A thick, creamy soup or stew; A stew,...

Definitions

  1. A thick, creamy soup or stew; A stew,...

Ancestry of “chowder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchaudièreboiler; cauldron; bucket
2Old Frenchchaudierecooking-pot
3Latincaldāriawarm bath
4LatincaldāriusOf, pertaining to or suitable for warmth or bathing
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “chowder”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin caldārius →