Where does “porta-potty” come from?
porta-potty (English) comes from English potty, from English pot, from Middle English pot, from Old French pot, from Vulgar Latin pottum, from Frankish *pott, from Proto-Germanic puttaz, from Proto-Indo-European budn- — a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of...
porta-potty (English): A portable toilet, a chemical toilet comprising...
Definitions
- A portable toilet, a chemical toilet comprising...
Ancestry of “porta-potty”, step by step
porta-potty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English potty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | potty | A chamber pot, "particularly" the pot used when... |
| 2 | English | pot | A flat-bottomed vessel used for cooking food;... |
| 3 | Middle English | pot | A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel; The top... |
| 4 | Old French | pot | pot; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | pottum | — |
| 6 | Frankish | *pott | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | puttaz | pot, jar, tub |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | budn- | a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of... |
via English portable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | portable | Able to be carried or easily moved; Able to be... |
| 2 | Middle English | portable | — |
| 3 | Latin | portabilis | portable, capable of being carried |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |