English
cask
Cask comes from Middle French casque.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600casque
- Englishearliest quotation 1591cask
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600casque
- Englishearliest quotation 1591cask
Earliest quotation: 1591, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]: “A jewel, locked into the woefullest cask / That…”
Every English word from Middle French casque
Today it means
noun A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French casque / cask