Meaning

noun metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid

noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

noun the quantity contained in a pot

originEtymology tree Proto-Germanic *puttaz Old English pott Proto-Germanic *puttaz Frankish *pottder. Vulgar Latin pottum Old French potbor. Middle English pot English pot From Middle English pot, potte, from Old English pott (“pot”) and Old French pot (“pot”) (probably from Frankish *pott); both Old English and Frankish from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budnós (“a type of…

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