Etymology

flowerpot

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Today it means: A pot filled with soil in which plants are grown. Full definition →

English pot ← Middle English pot ← Old French pot
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The story

  1. Englishflower
  2. Proto-Germanic*puttaz
  3. Old Englishpott
  4. Proto-Germanic*puttaz
  5. Frankish*pott
  6. Vulgar Latinpottum
  7. Old Frenchpot
  8. Middle Englishpot
  9. Englishpot
  10. English todayflowerpot

From flower + pot.

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