Fiasco — from italian

Q: Where does the word "Fiasco" come from?

Fiasco entered English from italian, from the original "far fiasco" around the 1850s. To make a bottle — Italian theatrical slang for failure (origin disputed; possibly Venetian glass-blowing where flawed pieces were turned into common bottles).

Meaning

To make a bottle — Italian theatrical slang for failure (origin disputed; possibly Venetian glass-blowing where flawed pieces were turned into common bottles).

Source word

far fiasco

Route into English

Italian theatre → French → English by 1850.

Arrived

1850s

More from italian

English borrows.