Where does “potty” come from?
Potty comes from Middle English pot, influenced by the Middle French suffix -ie, ultimately deriving from Latin -ia and -ivus formations that trace back to Proto-Indo-European -kos.
potty (English): A chamber pot, "particularly" the pot used when...
Definitions
- A chamber pot, "particularly" the pot used when...
Ancestry of “potty”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pot | A flat-bottomed vessel used for cooking food;... |
| 2 | Middle English | pot | A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel; The top... |
| 3 | Old French | pot | pot; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pottum | — |
| 5 | Frankish | *pott | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | puttaz | pot, jar, tub |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | budn- | a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of... |