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pote¹

  • /pəʊt/ UK
  • /poʊt/ US

Rhymes with -əʊt, -oʊt

Where it comes from

From Middle English poten, from Old English potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stab, push, poke”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to plant”), Norwegian Nynorsk pota (“to poke”). More at put.

verb potes · poting · poted

  1. obsolete To push, thrust.
  2. To poke (with a stick etc.).

Pote²

Where it comes from

English surname, possibly adapted from German Pothe, a variant of the surname Poth.

proper noun Potes

  1. A surname.

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MLA

"pote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pote. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pote. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pote

Chicago

"pote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pote.

BibTeX
@misc{pote_2026,
  title = {pote},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pote},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}