Where does “basinless” come from?

basinless (English) comes from English basin, from Middle English basyn, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin baccinum, from Late Latin bacca — wine jug.

basinless (English): Without a basin

Definitions

  1. Without a basin

Ancestry of “basinless”, step by step

basinless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English basin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbasina wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a...
2Middle EnglishbasynA basin large bowl
3Old Frenchbacinbasin
4Vulgar Latinbaccinumwide bowl
5Late Latinbaccawine jug

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus—
Every word from Late Latin bacca →