Where does “marmită” come from?

marmită (Romanian) comes from French marmite, from Old French marmite, from Old French marmotter — to mutter.

marmită (Romanian): cooking pot

Definitions

  1. cooking pot

Ancestry of “marmită”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmarmitepot, cooking pot, marmite; shell
2Old Frenchmarmitehypocritical
3Old Frenchmarmotterto mutter
Every word from Old French marmotter →Every word from Old French marmite →Every word from French marmite →