Etymology

bascinet

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Today it means: A light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models). Full definition →

Middle English basynet ← Anglo-Norman bacynet
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  1. Anglo-Norman · derived frombacynet
  2. Middle English · inherited frombasynet
  3. English todaybascinet

Via Middle English basynet (attested since the early 1300s), from Anglo-Norman bacynet, bacinet (“little basin”), diminutive of bacin, bassin (“basin, helmet”), but compare bassinet.

Words from the same roots

Anglo-Normanbacynet all →

Basnett

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