Etymology

marmite

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Today it means: A rounded cooking pot of various designs, commonly pot-bellied, with or without tripod, handles, lid etc; originally earthenware but currently more commonly of cast iron or other metals. Full definition →

French marmite
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marmite · noun, proper noun1

  1. French · borrowed frommarmite
  2. French · borrowed frommarmite
  3. English todaymarmite

Borrowed from French marmite.

Marmite · proper noun, noun, adjective, verb2

  1. French · borrowed frommarmite“cooking pot”
  2. English todayMarmite

From French marmite (“cooking pot”). The common-noun sense derives from an advertising campaign (1996 and onwards) featuring the slogan love it or hate it.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.