Flask Definition
Other Word Forms of Flask
Noun
Origin of Flask
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From Middle English flask (“cask, keg”), from flaske (“case”), from Anglo-Norman flascon, from Late Latin flascō (“bottle”), from Frankish *flasko (whence also Dutch fles), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug”) (whence also Old English flaxe, flasce, German Flasche), from Proto-Indo-European *ploḱ-skō (“flat”) (whence also Lithuanian plókščias, Czech ploský).
From Wiktionary
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Sense 2 from Italian fiasco and sense 3 from Middle French flasque (“powder flask”), itself from Old Spanish flasco, frasco, both from Late Latin above.
From Wiktionary
Middle English cask, keg from Old French flasque from Late Latin flascō of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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