The story
- French · borrowed fromcaserne
- English todaycasern
From French caserne, attested since the late 1600s. Doublet of kasern.
Words from the same roots
Frenchcaserne all →
Kasernekasern
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
casern
Today it means: A lodging for soldiers in a garrison town (formerly usually near the rampart); a barracks. Full definition →
French caserne