also pot-luck, 1590s, "meal accepted from another and made without preparation," from pot (n.1) + luck; with notion of "one's luck or chance as to what may be in the pot." As an adjective from 1775.
a potluck supper
having arrived unannounced we had to take potluck
pot-hunter
*poti-
potion
potlatch
pot-liquor
potluck
Potomac
pot-pie
potpourri
Potsdam
potsherd