Hangar
/ˈhæŋ.ɡɚ/noun
A large building for housing and maintaining aircraft.
Did you know?Hangar comes from French *hangar*, likely from a Germanic root meaning a covered enclosure or shed, and it entered English only after aviation made the word famous.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hangu- / *hangjaną?
“A covered enclosure or shelter (uncertain prehistory; often linked to a Germanic source word for a shed or covered place).”
Old French
OF
hangar
“A shed, shelter, or outbuilding.”
18th–19th Century
French
hangar
“A shed or covered structure, especially for storage.”
Early 20th Century
English
hangar
“A building for housing aircraft.”
Modern English
English
hangar
“A large building for storing and maintaining aircraft.”