Potion
/ˈpoʊ.ʃən/noun
A liquid medicine or magical drink.
Did you know?Potion comes from Latin potio, meaning “a drink” or “a drinking,” from potare, “to drink,” the same root behind power-packed words like potable and sip-adjacent forms across Indo-European languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peh₃-
“to drink”
Latin
Latin
potare
“to drink”
Latin
Latin
potio
“a drink; a drinking potion”
Old French
Old French
pocion / potion
“a drink, draft; medicine or poison in liquid form”
Middle English
English
pocioun / potion
“a medicinal or magical drink”
Modern English
English
potion
“a liquid medicine or magical drink”