Where does “basket” come from?

basket (Tok Pisin) comes from English basket, from Middle English basket, from Anglo-Norman French bascat, from Late Latin bascauda, from Proto-Celtic baski, from Proto-Indo-European bʰask- — bundle, band.

basket (Tok Pisin): basket

Definitions

  1. basket

Ancestry of “basket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbasketA lightweight container, generally round, open at...
2Middle EnglishbasketA basket; The amount that fits in a basket
3Anglo-Norman Frenchbascat—
4Late Latinbascaudakettle, table-vessel
5Proto-Celticbaskibundle, load
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰask-bundle, band
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰask- →Every word from Proto-Celtic baski →Every word from Late Latin bascauda →