pot
Middle English
/pɔt/
noun
Definitions
- A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel:
- (rare) The top of the skull.
- (rare) A shard of earthen material.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English pott (a pot, pot) borrowed from Old French pot (pot) inherited from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (pot, jar, tub) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *budnós (a type of vessel).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*budnós
Gloss
a type of vessel
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antipot English
- beanpot English
- coalpot English
- cookpot English
- crackpot English
- crockpot English
- dashpot English
- dyepot English
- eelpot English
- firepot English
- fishpot English
- flashpot English
- fleshpot English
- flowerpot English
- fuckpot English
- fusspot English
- gluepot English
- hodgepodge English
- hole English
- honeypot English
- hotpot English
- inkpot English
- jampot English
- lickpot English
- matchpot English
- overpot English
- pisspot English
- pot English
- pot marigold English
- pot-bound English
- pot-house English
- potaholic English
- potale English
- potbank English
- potbellied English
- potbelly English
- potboy English
- potcake English
- potful English
- potgun English
- pothanger English
- pothead English
- potherb English
- potholder English
- pothole English
- potholed English
- potholer English
- potholing English
- pothook English
- pothunter English
- pothunting English
- potless English
- potlid English
- potlike English
- potline English
- potluck English
- potman English
- potpie English
- potsherd English
- potshot English
- potstick English
- potstone English
- pottable English
- potter English
- pottle English
- potty English
- potworm English
- quart-pot English
- reel-pot English
- repot English
- rumpot English
- saucepot English
- sexpot English
- shitpot English
- stewpot English
- stinkpot English
- stockpot English
- sulkpot English
- swankpot English
- swill-pot English
- tarpot English
- teapot English
- thumbpot English
- tosspot English
- trampot English
- try pot English
- underpot English
- unpot English
- washpot English
- waterpot English
- whitepot English
- potti Finnish
- pottum Latin
- *budn- Proto-Indo-European
- *budnós Proto-Indo-European
- *puttaz Proto-Germanic
- pot Old English
- pott Old English
- pottere Old English
- pisse Middle English
- pot stik Middle English
- pot-sherd Middle English
- potage Middle English
- potager Middle English
- potell Middle English
- poteller Middle English
- potful Middle English
- potte Middle English
- pottere Middle English
- pyssepotte Middle English
- sherd Middle English
- stikke Middle English
- pottr Old Norse
- pot Old French
- potage Old French
- potel Old French
- potier Old French
- pot Catalan, Valencian
- pota Galician
- pote Galician
- pot Middle Dutch
- pot Norman
- pot Middle French
- potswal Old Dutch
- potsticker Chinese
- *pott Frankish
- poto Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja