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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
TANK.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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TANK,
a large cistern. (Port.,—L.) In Sir T. Herbert, Travels,
ed. 1665, p. 66; and at p. 43 in another edition (Todd). Also in
Dryden, Don Sebastian, ii. 2. The same word as Stank,
q.v. The form tank is Portuguese, which is the only Romance
language that drops the initial s.—Port. tanque, a tank,
pond; the same word as Span. estanque, O.F. estanc, F. étang,
Prov. estanc, stanc, Ital. stagno.—Lat. stagnum, a pool; see Stank,
Stagnant. [†]
ADDENDA
In Wilson's Glossary of
Indian Terms, p. 508, we find Maráthi tánken, Guzerathi tánki, a reservoir of
water, commonly known to Europeans in India as a tank. Wilson
remarks that the word is said to be Guzerathi. But it may very well
be Portuguese, as already shewn.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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