2007-03-09 12:42:46 · 6 answers · asked by billy brite 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
This is from the Online Etymology (word root) dictionary
hangar
1852, "shed for carriages," from Fr. hangar "shed," from Middle French hanghart, perhaps an alteration of M.Du. *ham-gaerd "enclosure near a house," or from M.L. angarium "shed in which horses are shod."
Sense of "covered shed for airplanes" first recorded in Eng. 1902, from Fr. use in that sense.
Personally, I find word roots fascinating.
2007-03-09 14:49:01 · answer #1 · answered by TJC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Note the spelling "hangar" with an "a" (not hanger meaning something that hangs!) - it's nothing to do with hanging, it comes from an old French word meaning a type of shed.
2007-03-09 14:29:44 · answer #2 · answered by bevl78 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "a" in Hangar makes hanging out of question.
It comes from some French dialect in which it means "Cattle Pen"
It isnt cheerful to think that the homes of some of the mightiest machines is named after cattle sheds :-(
2007-03-09 14:52:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's of French origin as is so many words related to aircraft like fuselage and aileron to name a few.
2007-03-09 20:14:27 · answer #4 · answered by eugene m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They use to hang up parts to work on the planes?? Good question!!
2007-03-09 12:54:15 · answer #5 · answered by mstow_n_repo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BEATS ME. MAYBE IB THE OLD DAYS, IT WAS WHERE THEY HUNG AROUND. ???
2007-03-09 13:00:15 · answer #6 · answered by oldtimer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋