Wɔakyerɛw nsɛm yi wɔ Akuapem kasa mu Asɛmfua Dadesɛn di kan pue wɔ Middle English sɛ Dadesɛn (13th century). Woyi frii Norman caudron (Picard caudron, French: chaudron). It represents the phonetical evolution of Vulgar Latin *caldario for Classical Latin caldārium "hot bath", that derives from cal(i)dus "hot".