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caldron

Meaningto be hot

Common meaning: a large cooking pot

Journey through time

  1. Latincalere‘to be hot’source
  2. Old Frenchchauderonsource
  3. Anglo-Frenchcaudrunsource
  4. Middle Englishcauderonsource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsto be hot → a large cooking potcaldron‘a large cooking pot’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin calere ‘to be hot’.

Roots

Related words

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