flagon

Meaning

Noun

• A large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; specifically , such a vessel used to hold the wine for the ritual of Holy Communion.
• A large bottle for drinks such as beer, cider, or wine; also, a bottle with a cap used by travellers.

Origin

• From Middle English flagon, flakon, from Middle French flacon, Old French flacon, flascon (modern French flacon), from Medieval Latin flascōnem, the accusative singular of Late Latin flascō, from Frankish *flaska, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ, from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną (from the practice of plaiting or wrapping bottles in straw casing), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-. The English word is a flacon, flask, and fiasco.
• Old English flasce ("bottle, flask")
• Old High German flaska ("bottle, flask") (German Flasche)
• Old Norse flaska (Danish flaske)