bacin

Old French

Alternative forms

• bachin (northern)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *baccinum, probably of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar

     En bacins d'or ewe aporterent

     They brought water in basins made of gold

Descendants

• French: bassin
• Norman: bachîn (Jersey)
• → Middle English: basin, bacin
  • English: basin
  • → Irish: báisín