Where does “swankpot” come from?
swankpot (English) comes 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...
swankpot (English): A show-off
Definitions
- A show-off
Ancestry of “swankpot”, step by step
swankpot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pot
| 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... |
via English swank
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | swank | Fashionably elegant, posh; A fashionably elegant... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | swankijaną | to cause to sway, swing |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | swinkaną | to swing, bend |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sweng- | — |