Where does “pot-au-feu” come from?
pot-au-feu (English) comes from French pot-au-feu, from French pot, 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...
pot-au-feu (English): A thick soup of meat and vegetables cooked...
Definitions
- A thick soup of meat and vegetables cooked...
Ancestry of “pot-au-feu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pot-au-feu | Meat and vegetables cooked together in a large... |
| 2 | French | pot | pot, jar, vase, tin, can, carton; cooking pot;... |
| 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... |