Etymology

canteen

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Today it means: A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink. Full definition →

French cantine ← Italian cantina
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The story

  1. Italian · derived fromcantina
  2. French · borrowed fromcantine
  3. English todaycanteen

Borrowed from French cantine, itself borrowed from Italian cantina. Doublet of cantina.

Words from the same roots

Italiancantina all →

cantina

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.