Etymograph

English

flasket

Flasket comes from Late Latin flasca ‘flask’, and goes back to Frankish *flaskā.

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*flaskā‘bottle, flask’reconstructed
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEflasca‘flask’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400flasche
  4. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400flaschetdiminutive of flasche
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500flasket‘any receptacle for storage’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1591same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*flaskā‘bottle, flask’reconstructed
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEflasca‘flask’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400flasche
  4. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400flaschetdiminutive of flasche
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500flasket‘any receptacle for storage’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1591same form

Earliest quotation: 1591, Edmund Spenser, The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: “There, in a meadow by the rivers side, A…”

Linked words

through Late Latin flasca ‘flask’

fiasco

Today it means

noun A long, shallow basket with two handles.

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

Etymograph / Frankish *flaskā / flasket

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