Pot
/pɑt/noun
A round, usually metal or ceramic container used for cooking or storing things.
Did you know?English pot comes from a very old Latin word for a drinking vessel, and related forms spread across Europe so widely that this tiny kitchen word has a deep Indo-European pedigree.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peh₂-
“to drink, to sip”
Latin
Latin
pōtus
“a drink; drinking”
Late Latin
Latin
pottus
“a cup, vessel”
Old English
OE
pott
“a pot, vessel, container”
Middle English
English
pot
“a pot, especially for cooking”