Pottage
/ˈpɒt.ɪdʒ/noun
A thick soup or stew made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat.
Did you know?*Pottage* comes from the same Latin root as *pot* and *potion*, so the line between kitchen, medicine, and magic was once much thinner than today.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
pottus / potus
“drink; something taken in liquid form”
Late Latin
Late Latin
pottāgium
“a dish cooked in a pot; broth or stew”
Old French
Old French
potage
“soup, broth, or pottage”
Middle English
English
potage
“a thick soup or stew”
Modern English
English
pottage
“a thick soup or stew”