Etymology

tankette

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Today it means: An early, very small, lightly armoured tank, with a crew of one or two, equipped with machine guns. Full definition →

English tank ← Portuguese tanque ← Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)
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The story

  1. Prakrit𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka)
  2. Gujaratiટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)
  3. Portuguesetanque
  4. Englishtank
  5. English todaytankette

From tank + -ette.

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