Where does “pottage” come from?
pottage (Middle English) comes from Old French potage, 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...
pottage (Middle English): Alternative form of potage
Definitions
- Alternative form of potage
Ancestry of “pottage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | potage | soup; broth cooked in a pot |
| 2 | Old French | pot | pot; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | pottum | — |
| 4 | Frankish | *pott | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | puttaz | pot, jar, tub |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | budn- | a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of... |
Words derived from “pottage”