The story
- Old French · derived frompotage
- Middle English · inherited frompottage
- English todaypottage
From Middle English pottage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French potage, equivalent to pot + -age.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pottage
Today it means: A thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. Full definition →
Middle English pottage ← Old French potage