Where does “basin” come from?

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

Ancestry of “basin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbacinbasin
2Vulgar Latinbaccinumwide bowl
3Late Latinbaccawine jug

Words derived from “basin”

Every word from Late Latin bacca →Every word from Vulgar Latin baccinum →Every word from Old French bacin →