Where does “marmite” come from?

marmite (English) comes from French marmite, from Old French marmite, from Old French marmotter — to mutter.

marmite (English): A rounded earthenware cooking pot

Definitions

  1. A rounded earthenware cooking pot

Ancestry of “marmite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmarmitepot, cooking pot, marmite; shell
2Old Frenchmarmitehypocritical
3Old Frenchmarmotterto mutter
Every word from Old French marmotter →Every word from Old French marmite →Every word from French marmite →