Etymograph

English

canteen

Canteen comes from Italian cantina ‘cellar, basement, winery’, from Vulgar Latin *canthus ‘corner’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂ndʰ-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*cantos‘corner’reconstructed
  3. Gaulishc. 500 BCE–500 CEsame formreconstructed
  4. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*canthus‘corner’reconstructed
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentcantina‘cellar, basement, winery’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentcantine
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1862canteen

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂ndʰ-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*cantos‘corner’reconstructed
  3. Gaulishc. 500 BCE–500 CEsame formreconstructed
  4. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*canthus‘corner’reconstructed
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentcantina‘cellar, basement, winery’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentcantine
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1862canteen

Earliest quotation: 1862, John Williamson Palmer: “Come, stack arms, Men! Pile on the rails; stir…”

Linked words

through Vulgar Latin *canthus ‘corner’

decant, 3 more

through Italian cantina ‘cellar, basement, winery’

cantina, 1 more

Today it means

noun A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ- / canteen

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