Flagon Definition

Origin of Flagon

• Middle English flagon, variation of Middle English flakon, from Middle French fla(s)con, from Late Latin flascōnem, accusative of flascō "flask, bottle, container", from Frankish flaska "flask, bottle" from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle”), from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną (“to plait, braid”), from the practice of plaiting or wrapping bottles in straw casing. See fiasco. Akin to Old High German flasca, flaska (“bottle, flask”) (German Flasche), Old Norse flaska (Danish flaske), Old English flasce, flaxe (“bottle, flask”). More at flask

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• Middle English from Old French flacon from Late Latin flascō flascōn- bottle flask

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition