Porridge

Morpheme

Porridge

Type

free base

Denotation

thick soup or stew

Etymology

Early Modern English porage, variant of pottage (possibly influenced by Middle English porray, porreie); Middle English pottage; Anglo-Norman potage; Old French potage, from pot + -age

Evidence

porridge, porridged, porridgeless, porridgelike, porridges, porridging, porridgy