hodgepodge

hodgepodge
hodgepodge also hodge podge, hodge-podge, early 15c., hogpoch, alteration of hotchpotch (late 14c.) "a kind of stew," especially "one made with goose, herbs, spices, wine, and other ingredients," earlier an Anglo-French legal term (late 13c.) meaning "collection of property in a common 'pot' before dividing it equally," from O.Fr. hochepot "stew, soup," first element from hocher "to shake," from a Germanic source (Cf. M.H.G. hotzen "shake").

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