Where does “try pot” come from?
try pot (English) comes from English try, from Middle English trien, from Old French trier, from Latin triare, from Latin trito, from Latin tritus, from Latin tero, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
try pot (English): A large pot used to remove and render the oil...
Definitions
- A large pot used to remove and render the oil...
Ancestry of “try pot”, step by step
try pot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English try
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | try | To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive;... |
| 2 | Middle English | trien | to try a legal case |
| 3 | Old French | trier | to choose; to select; to sort; to find |
| 4 | Latin | triare | to pick out |
| 5 | Latin | trito | dative masculine singular of trītus; dative... |
| 6 | Latin | tritus | rubbed, triturated; worn out or away, well-worn |
| 7 | Latin | tero | I rub or triturate; I wear away or wear out; I... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
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... |