Where does “pocioun” come from?

pocioun (Middle English) comes from Old French pocion, from Latin potionis, from Latin potio, from Latin potare, from Latin poto, from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- — to drink.

pocioun (Middle English): A liquid medicine or remedy; a medicinal...

Definitions

  1. A liquid medicine or remedy; a medicinal...

Ancestry of “pocioun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpocion—
2Latinpotionisgenitive singular of pōtiō
3Latinpotiodrinking; drink, draught, potion
4Latinpotarepresent active infinitive of pōtō; second-person...
5LatinpotoI drink
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₃-to drink

Words derived from “pocioun”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- →Every word from Latin poto →Every word from Latin potare →
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