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potter

/ˈpɒtə/PAH-tur
/ˈpɑtɚ/PAH-tur

Meaningone who works with pots

Common meaning: a person who makes pottery

Journey through time

  1. Irishpota‘a pot, vessel’source
  2. Middle Englishpotsource
  3. Englishpot‘a round vessel’
  4. Englishformed in English from potpotter‘a person who makes pottery’ · 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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from pot + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), POT, p.460 · scan

Source words

  • pota Irish · source word “a pot, vessel”

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