Kettle

Morpheme

Kettle

Type

free base

Denotation

cauldron, cooking pot

Etymology

Middle English ketel, chetel and influenced by Old Norse ketill; Old English ċietel; possibly from Latin catīllus, from catīnus + -lus

Evidence

kettle, kettlebell, kettlebelly, kettled, kettleful, kettlelike, kettler, kettles, kettling, teakettle