potin.
pewter
Meaning & usage
pewter
Where this word comes from
From pot (“pot, vase”) + -in.
gossip, tittle-tattle; item of gossip
Where this word comes from
From Norman potin (“gossip”), itself a deverbal from Norman potiner (“to chat”), a verbal formation from Norman potine (“small heater, foot warmer”), based on the custom of women gathering in winter with their foot warmers to chat and gossip. The term potine is itself from pot (“pot, carton”) + -ine (diminutive suffix), and thus etymologically identical to the "pewter" sense of Etymology 1.
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