Editing Cauldron (section)

== Etymology ==
The word cauldron is first recorded in [[Middle English]] as ''caudroun'' (13th century). It was borrowed from [[Norman language|Norman]] ''caudron''<ref name="Hoad67">T. F. Hoad, ''English Etymology'', Oxford University Press, 1993 ({{ISBN|0-19-283098-8}}). p. 67.</ref> ([[Picard language|Picard]] ''caudron'', {{langx|fr|chaudron}}). It represents the phonetical evolution of [[Vulgar Latin]]  ''*caldario'' for [[Classical Latin]] ''caldārium'' "hot bath", that derives from ''cal(i)dus'' "hot".<ref name="Hoad67" />

The Norman-French word replaces the Old English ''ċetel'' (German ''(Koch)Kessel'' "cauldron", Dutch ''(kook)ketel'' "cauldron"), Middle English ''chetel''. The word "kettle" is a borrowing of the [[Old Norse]] variant ''ketill'' "cauldron".<ref>T. F. Hoad, ''English Etymology'', Oxford University Press, 1993 ({{ISBN|0-19-283098-8}}) p.252.</ref>