Etymology

pote

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Today it means: To push, thrust. Full definition →

Middle English poten ← Old English potian ← Proto-West Germanic *putōn
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pote · verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*putōną“to stab, push, poke”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*putōn
  3. Old English · inherited frompotian“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”
  4. Middle English · inherited frompoten
  5. English todaypote

From Middle English poten, from Old English potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stab, push, poke”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to plant”), Norwegian Nynorsk pota (“to poke”). More at put.

Pote · proper noun2

  1. German · derived fromPothe
  2. English todayPote

English surname, possibly adapted from German Pothe, a variant of the surname Poth.

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*putōn all →

put

Proto-Germanic*putōną all →

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