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

  1. Alternative form of potage

Ancestry of “pottage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpotagesoup; broth cooked in a pot
2Old Frenchpotpot; third-person singular present indicative of...
3Vulgar Latinpottum—
4Frankish*pott—
5Proto-Germanicputtazpot, jar, tub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbudn-a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European budn- →Every word from Proto-Germanic puttaz →Every word from Frankish *pott →