Translation
pot; jar
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Word origin
A widely shared European root, taken by Esperanto from French pot and English pot. Behind them sits a late Latin pottus of uncertain further origin, which spread into Germanic and Romance alike.
- Origin
- French and English
- Root
- pottus
- English cognates
- pot, potter
Examples
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A big pot stands on the stove.
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She put the flower into a new pot.
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The pot is full of warm water.
is the round vessel, not the cooking of what is in it: a flower pot, a jam jar and a stockpot are all . The verb belongs to , and the deep pan you actually simmer in is often called a kaserolo when the shape matters.
The suffixes do a lot of work here. A o is a potter, o is pottery as a material, and a florpoto says plainly which kind you mean. That last compound is worth the effort in speech, because on its own leaves the listener to guess between the kitchen and the windowsill.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 20, lesson 3: poto, drogo, piro and 7 more words.