Etymology

basketwork

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Today it means: Material woven in the style of a basket. Full definition →

English basket ← Middle English basket ← Anglo-Norman bascat
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic*baskis
  2. Late Latinbascauda
  3. Anglo-Normanbascat
  4. Middle Englishbasket
  5. Englishbasket
  6. English todaybasketwork

From basket + -work.

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