chowder

What it means

1. countableuncountableA thick, creamy soup or stew.

   fish chowder

2. countableuncountableA stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.
3. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of jowter.

In a sentence

fish chowder

Where it comes from

1. Latincaldus“hot”
2. Late Latincaldāria“cooking-pot”
3. Frenchchaudière
4. Englishchowder

Probably borrowed from French chaudière, from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Related to English cauldron. Possibly from older English jowter (“fish monger”).