chauderon

Old French

Alternative forms

• chauderun, chaudrun
• cauderoun, cauderun, caudron, caudroun, caudrun, caudrunt, caldroun, caldrun, kauderon, kaudrun (northern)

Etymology

From chaudiere +‎ -on, the former from Late Latin caldāria. Alternatively via Vulgar Latin *caldārōnem.

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃau̯d(ə)ˈɾun/, (northern) /kau̯-/

Noun

chauderon oblique singular, m (oblique plural chauderons, nominative singular chauderons, nominative plural chauderon)

1. cooking-pot

Related terms

• chaut

Descendants

• Middle French: chaudron, chauderon, chaulderon, chauldron
  • French: chaudron
• Norman: caûdron, tchaûdron
• Walloon: tchôdron
• → Middle English: caudroun, caldron, caldroun, cauderoun, caudorne, caudron, cawdoron, cawdren, cawdroun, chaldron, gaudron
  • English: cauldron (obsolete caldron, caudron); chaldron
  • Scots: caudron, cauthron

References

• chauderun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub