magasyne

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Arabic خَزَنَ (ḵazana)der.
Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan)
Arabic مَخَازِن (maḵāzin)bor.
Italian magazzinoder.
Middle French magasinder.
Middle English magasyne

    From Middle French magasin (“warehouse, store”), from Italian magazzino (“storehouse”), ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن pl (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), noun of place from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”).

    Noun

    magasyne (plural magasynes)

    1. alternative form of magazine (“warehouse; storehouse”).
      • 1451, John Balmayn, The Cantelowe Accounts: Multilingual Merchant Records from Tuscany, 1450-1451‎[1], page 49:
        Item for weynge in the custome house of Florens and for the berynge to the magasyne.
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