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Where does “potager” come from?

potager (Middle French) comes from 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...

Ancestry of “potager”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpotagesoup
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...

Words derived from “potager”

  • porringer
  • potager
  • potager
  • pottager
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