tankard

tankard
tankard (n.) c.1300, "large tub-like vessel," corresponding to M.Du. tanckaert, meaning the same thing, but both of unknown origin. A guess hazarded in OED is that it is a transposition of *kantard, from L. cantharus. Meaning "drinking vessel" is first recorded late 15c.

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