Etymology

basinwide

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Today it means: Occurring throughout a basin Full definition →

English wide ← Old English wīd ← Proto-Germanic *wīdaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic*baskis
  2. Gaulish*baskis
  3. Latinbacca
  4. Vulgar Latin*baccinum
  5. Old Frenchbacin
  6. Middle Englishbasyn
  7. Englishbasin
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  13. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  14. Old Englishwīd
  15. Englishwide
  16. English todaybasinwide

From basin + -wide.

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