Etymology of the English word tank
the English word
tankderived from the Gujarati word
tankhDate
The earliest known usage of tank in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
antitank,
fishtank,
tankage,
tanked,
tanker,
tankful,
tankshipDerivations in other languages
Italian
tanca, Spanish
tanqueCognates
Dutch
tank, French
tank, German
Tank, Icelandic
tankur, Lithuanian
tankas, Russian
тaнк, Swedish
tankUsage
Word found in Modern English
