English
hot pot
Surface analysis hot + pot.
The story
For sense of stewed meat and potatoes, compare French pot-au-feu. For the sense of a communal meal cooked at the table, Calque of Chinese 火鍋 /火锅.
Today it means
noun A stew of beef or lamb and potatoes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hot pot