Where does “inkpot” come from?
inkpot (English) comes from English ink, from Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum, from Latin encaustus, from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστος, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
inkpot (English): A pot for holding ink; inkwell
Definitions
- A pot for holding ink; inkwell
Ancestry of “inkpot”, step by step
inkpot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ink
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ink | A pigment -based fluid used for writing, printing... |
| 2 | Middle English | ynke | ink |
| 3 | Old French | enque | ink |
| 4 | Latin | encaustum | the purple-red ink used by the later Roman... |
| 5 | Latin | encaustus | burned in, encaustic; the encaustic mode of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἔγκαυστος | burned in |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via English pot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pot | A flat-bottomed vessel used for cooking food;... |
| 2 | Middle English | pot | A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel; The top... |
| 3 | Old French | pot | pot; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pottum | — |
| 5 | Frankish | *pott | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | puttaz | pot, jar, tub |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | budn- | a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of... |