− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''caudron'', ''caldron'', from Anglo-French ''cauderon'', diminutive of ''caldere'' basin, from Late Latin ''caldaria'', from feminine of Latin ''caldarius'' used for hot water, from ''calidus'' warm, from ''calēre'' to be warm | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''caudron'', ''caldron'', from Anglo-French ''cauderon'', diminutive of ''caldere'' basin, from Late Latin ''caldaria'', from feminine of Latin ''caldarius'' used for hot water, from ''calidus'' warm, from ''calēre'' to be warm |
− | The Norman-French word replaces probably the initial [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] word ''ċetel'' (German (Koch)Kessel "cauldron", Dutch ''(kook)ketel'' "cauldron"), Middle English ''chetel''. The word kettle comes from the Old Norse variant spelling ketill "cauldron". | + | The Norman-French word replaces probably the initial [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] word ''ċetel'' (German (Koch)Kessel "cauldron", Dutch ''(kook)ketel'' "cauldron"), Middle English ''chetel''. The word kettle comes from the Old Norse variant spelling ketill "cauldron". |