Where does “potage” come from?

potage (English) comes from French potage, 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...

potage (English): A thick creamy soup

Definitions

  1. A thick creamy soup

Ancestry of “potage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpotagesoup
2Old Frenchpotpot; third-person singular present indicative of...
3Vulgar Latinpottum—
4Frankish*pott—
5Proto-Germanicputtazpot, jar, tub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbudn-a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European budn- →Every word from Proto-Germanic puttaz →Every word from Frankish *pott →