Etymology

canaster

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Today it means: Coarse, dried tobacco leaves. Full definition →

Dutch kanaster ← Spanish canastro
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromcanastro“basket”
  2. Dutch · borrowed fromkanaster
  3. English todaycanaster

From Dutch kanaster, from Spanish canastro (“basket”). Doublet of canister and knaster.

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