Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
A chamber pot. · A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children. · Any other device or place for urination or defecation: a toilet; a lavatory; a latrine; an outhouse.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of go potty.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puttaz Old English pott Proto-Germanic *puttaz Frankish *pottder. Vulgar Latin pottum Old French potbor. Middle English pot English pot Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English potty From pot (“chamberpot”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
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