The story
- Spanish · calque ofolla podrida“stew”
- French · borrowed frompot-pourri“stew, potpourri”
- English todaypotpourri
From French pot-pourri (“stew, potpourri”), a calque of Spanish olla podrida (“stew”, literally “rotten pot”). Doublet of olla podrida.
Words from the same roots
Spanisholla podrida all →
olla podrida
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.