fiasco

The story

1. French · derived fromfaire fiasco
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*flaskǭ“bottle”
3. Frankish · derived from*flaskā“bottle, flask”
4. Late Latin · derived fromflasca
5. Italian · borrowed fromfiasco“bottle, flask”
6. English todayfiasco

Borrowed from Italian fiasco (“bottle, flask”), from Late Latin flasca, flascō (“bottle, container”), from Frankish *flaskā (“bottle, flask”) from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle”); see flask. “Failure” sense comes through French faire fiasco from Italian theatrical slang far fiasco (literally “to make a bottle”), of uncertain origin; perhaps from an expression fare il fiasco, meaning to play a game with the forfeit that the loser will buy the next bottle or round of drinks. Doublet of flacon, flagon, and flask.

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