Where does “potiche” come from?
potiche (English) comes from French potiche, 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...
potiche (English): A vase with a separate cover, the body usually...
Definitions
- A vase with a separate cover, the body usually...
Ancestry of “potiche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | potiche | porcelain vase; figurehead ; window dressing;... |
| 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... |