Where does “nonpottery” come from?
nonpottery (English) comes from English pottery, from Old French poterie, from English pot, from Middle English pot, from Old French pot, from Vulgar Latin pottum, from Frankish *pott, from Proto-Germanic puttaz — a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of...
nonpottery (English): Not of or pertaining to pottery
Definitions
- Not of or pertaining to pottery
Ancestry of “nonpottery”, step by step
nonpottery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pottery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pottery | Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when... |
| 2 | Old French | poterie | potter |
| 3 | English | pot | A flat-bottomed vessel used for cooking food;... |
| 4 | Middle English | pot | A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel; The top... |
| 5 | Old French | pot | pot; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | pottum | — |
| 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... |