The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκίστη“box”
- Latin · derived fromcisterna
- Old French · derived fromcisterne
- Middle English · inherited fromcisterne
- English todaycistern
From Middle English cisterne, from Old French cisterne (Modern French citerne) from Latin cisterna, from cista (“box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”). Doublet of cisterna.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκίστη all →
chestcist
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.