Where does “hodgepodge” come from?
Hodgepodge comes from Middle English hochepoche, from Middle English hochepot, from Old French hochepot, from Middle Dutch hutspot, from Middle Dutch pot, from Proto-Germanic puttaz, from Proto-Indo-European budn-.
hodgepodge (English): A hotchpotch; a collection containing a variety...
Definitions
- A hotchpotch; a collection containing a variety...
Ancestry of “hodgepodge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hochepoche | hotchpotch soup |
| 2 | Middle English | hochepot | — |
| 3 | Old French | hochepot | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | hutspot | beef or mutton cut into small pieces and mixed... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | pot | pot, jar; can, jug |
| 6 | Old Dutch | *pot | a pot |
| 7 | Frankish | *pott | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | puttaz | pot, jar, tub |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | budn- | a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of... |