cauldron

The story

1. German · semantic loan fromKessel
2. Latin · derived fromcaldus“hot”
3. Late Latin · derived fromcaldāria“cooking-pot”
4. Old Northern French · derived fromcaudron
5. Middle English · inherited fromcaudroun
6. English todaycauldron

From Middle English caudroun, borrowed from Old Northern French caudron, ultimately from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), from Latin caldus (“hot”). Spelling later Latinized by having an l inserted. See chowder, caldera. The military sense is a semantic loan from German Kessel; compare English kettling.

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