The story
- Old French · derived frompotel
- Middle English · inherited frompotell
- English todaypottle
From Middle English potell, potel, from Old French potel, diminutive of pot; see more at pot.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pottle
Today it means: A former unit of volume, equivalent to half a gallon, used for liquids and corn; a pot or drinking vessel of around this size. Full definition →
Middle English potell ← Old French potel