canteen

Drinking from a canteen or water flask of late 20th century or early 21st century design. Note the attached stopper.

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • From French cantine, from Italian cantina, from Vulgar Latin canthus ("corner"), from Gaulish *cantos, denoting the location for liquor storage, from Proto-Celtic *cantos ("corner"), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ-. cantina.

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