Etymology

bin

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Today it means: A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container. Full definition →

Middle English bynne ← Old English binn ← Late Latin benna
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bin · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*bend(n)ā
  2. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*benn“cart, carriage”
  3. Celtic · derived from
  4. Late Latin · derived frombenna
  5. Old English · inherited frombinn“crib, manger”
  6. Middle English · inherited frombynne
  7. English todaybin

From Middle English bynne, from Old English binn (“crib, manger”), from Late Latin benna or a Celtic language, possibly Proto-Brythonic *benn (“cart, carriage”) (whence Middle Welsh benn, Old Breton benn (“caisson”), modern Welsh ben), from Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā (whence Gaulish benna). Compare German Benne (“wheelbarrow”) and Middle Dutch benne (“basket”), whence modern Dutch ben and as a borrowing, West Frisian bin (both "wicker basket").

bin · noun2

  1. Arabic · derived fromبِن“son”
  2. English todaybin

From Arabic بِن (bin, “son”).

bin · contraction3

Contraction of being.

bin · verb4

Pronunciation spelling of been.

bin · noun5

Clipping of binary.

Bin · proper noun6

  1. Chinese · borrowed from賓 /宾
  2. English todayBin

Borrowed from Chinese 賓 /宾 (Bīn).

Words from the same roots

Arabicبِن all →

ben

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