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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Esau #99527 03/27/2003 3:45 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,074 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,074 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Mesopotamia Speakng of Mesopotamia brings to mind "pottage," as in "selling one's birthright for a mess of pottage." Do the "pot" in "pottage" and for that matter in "pot" (as in "not calling the kettle black") come from the same potare root? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Other potables? Wordwind 03/27/2003 9:33 AM Re: Other potables? maahey 03/27/2003 11:11 AM Re: Other potables? Capfka 03/27/2003 12:07 PM Re: Other potables? AnnaStrophic 03/27/2003 12:55 PM Re: Other potables? Faldage 03/27/2003 1:16 PM Re: Other potables? wwh 03/27/2003 1:21 PM Re: Other potables? Faldage 03/27/2003 2:21 PM Re: Other potables? wwh 03/27/2003 2:32 PM Re: Other potables? Faldage 03/27/2003 2:51 PM Re: Other potables? wwh 03/27/2003 3:07 PM Esau wofahulicodoc 03/27/2003 3:45 PM Re: Other potables? Faldage 03/27/2003 3:48 PM Re: poi AnnaStrophic 03/27/2003 3:56 PM Re: Other potables? maahey 03/27/2003 4:08 PM Re: Other potables?--not! Wordwind 03/27/2003 4:16 PM Re: Other potables?--not! AnnaStrophic 03/27/2003 4:46 PM Re: Other potables?--not! maahey 03/27/2003 5:31 PM Re: Other potables?--not! Wordwind 03/27/2003 5:35 PM Re: Other potables?--not! consuelo 03/28/2003 3:13 AM Re: Other potables? wwh 03/27/2003 4:24 PM Re: Other potables? Faldage 03/27/2003 4:33 PM Re: Other potables? Coffeebean 03/28/2003 3:01 AM Re: compotation tsuwm 03/27/2003 2:47 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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