Tag: kettle

Wikipedia says: A kettle, sometimes called a tea kettle or teakettle, is a type of pot specialized for boiling water, commonly with a lid, spout, and handle. As indicated by its name, the kettle was and is often used as teaware to brew tea or prepare a tisane.

The word kettle originates from Old Norse ketill “cauldron”. The Old English spelling was cetel with initial che- [tʃ] like ‘cherry’, Middle English (and dialectal) was chetel, both come (together with German Kessel “cauldron”) ultimately from Germanic *katilaz, that was borrowed from Latin catillus, diminutive form of catinus “deep vessel for serving or cooking food”, which in various contexts is translated as “bowl”, “deep dish”, or “funnel”.