English

quart-pot

From quart + pot.

A compound of quart + pot

Latin quartus ‘one-fourth’

Old French quarte ‘fourth’

Middle English quart

English quart

Proto-Germanic *puttaz ‘pot, jar’

Old English pott ‘pot’

Middle English pot ‘a cookpot’

English pot

Today it means

noun A tin pot holding a quart of liquid, used for measurement or drinking.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / quart-pot