Where does “hodgepodgery” come from?
hodgepodgery (English) comes from English hodgepodge, from Middle English hochepoche, from Middle English hochepot, from Old French hochepot, from Middle Dutch hutspot, from Middle Dutch pot, from Old Dutch *pot, from Frankish *pott — a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of...
hodgepodgery (English): miscellany
Ancestry of “hodgepodgery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hodgepodge | A hotchpotch; a collection containing a variety... |
| 2 | Middle English | hochepoche | — |
| 3 | Middle English | hochepot | — |
| 4 | Old French | hochepot | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | hutspot | beef or mutton cut into small pieces and mixed... |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | pot | pot, jar; can, jug |
| 7 | Old Dutch | *pot | — |
| 8 | Frankish | *pott | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | puttaz | pot, jar, tub |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | budn- | a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of... |