Etymology

kasern

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Today it means: A military barracks, especially of the US military, in Germany. Full definition →

German Kaserne ← French caserne
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The story

  1. French · derived fromcaserne
  2. German · borrowed fromKaserne
  3. English todaykasern

From German Kaserne, or alteration of casern under the influence of that German word. In either case, ultimately from French caserne. Doublet of casern.

Words from the same roots

GermanKaserne all →

Kaserne

Frenchcaserne all →

Kasernecasern

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.