dixie

dixie · noun¹

1. Classical Persian · derived fromدیگچه“a pot, small cauldron”
2. Hindi · borrowed fromदेगची“a kettle, a metallic cooking pot”
3. English todaydixie

From Hindi देगची (degcī, “a kettle, a metallic cooking pot”), from Classical Persian دیگچه (degča, “a pot, small cauldron”), from دیگ (deg, “pot”) + ـچه (-ča).

Dixie · proper noun²

First attested in 1859. Unknown, but may come from the Mason-Dixon line, the boundary between the northern states and the southern states, or from the slang term dixie for a Louisiana $10 bill (equivalent to English tenner), in turn from French dix (ten).