bacin

Middle English

Noun

bacin

1. Alternative form of basyn

Old French

Alternative forms

• bachin (northern)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *baccinum, probably of Gaulish origin. Borrowed into English as basin.

Noun

bacin oblique singular, m (oblique plural bacins, nominative singular bacins, nominative plural bacin)

1. basin (container for liquids)
   • c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:

     En bacins d'or ewe aporterent

     They brought water in basins made of gold

Descendants

• French: bassin
  • → Persian: باسن
• Norman: bachîn (Jersey)
• → Middle English: basyn, bacin, bacyn, bascin, basen, basin, bason, bassen, bassene, bassyn
  • English: basin
  • Scots: bashin
  • → Irish: báisín