The story
- Latin · derived fromcaldus“hot”
- Late Latin · derived fromcaldāria“cooking-pot”
- French · borrowed fromchaudière
- English todaychowder
Probably borrowed from French chaudière, from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Related to English cauldron. Possibly from older English jowter (“fish monger”).
Words from the same roots
Late Latincaldāria all →
calderacauldron
Latincaldus all →
cauldroncaudle
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.