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Where does “bassinoire” come from?

bassinoire (French) comes from French bassiner, from French bassin, from Middle French bassin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin baccinum, from Late Latin bacca — wine jug.

bassinoire (French): warming pan

Definitions

  1. warming pan

Ancestry of “bassinoire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbassinerto bathe with a warm liquid; to drizzle; to bore
2Frenchbassinpond, ornamental lake, basin; bowl, bedpan; basin
3Middle Frenchbassinbasin
4Old Frenchbacinbasin
5Vulgar Latinbaccinumwide bowl
6Late Latinbaccawine jug
Every word from Late Latin bacca →