Etymology

olla

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Today it means: A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries. Full definition →

Spanish olla ← Latin ōlla
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromōlla
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromolla
  3. English todayolla

Borrowed from Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, aulla; akin to Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “pot”), and probably also Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”).

Words from the same roots

Spanisholla all →

olio

Latinōlla all →

aulolio

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.