English
Potter
Potter comes from Middle English pot ‘a cookpot’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *puttaz ‘pot, jar, tub’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*puttaz‘pot, jar, tub’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*pottreconstructed
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEpottum
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400pot
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a cookpot’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500Potter
- Englishearliest quotation 2004same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*puttaz‘pot, jar, tub’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*pottreconstructed
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEpottum
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400pot
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a cookpot’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500Potter
- Englishearliest quotation 2004same form
Earliest quotation: 2004, Ann Hornaday, Harry-Raising Adventure: “In the interest of full disclosure, let it be…”
The story
The usage for someone from Stoke-on-Trent refers to it being the home of the pottery industry in England, where it is also known as The Potteries.
Linked words
through Middle English pot ‘a cookpot’
Today it means
noun A person from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *puttaz / Potter