basket English · revision 8020

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=borrowing|attested=1229|origins=xno bascat}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈbɑːskɪt/, /ˈbæskɪt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|xno|bascat]], Anglo-Latin baskettum,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) a word of obscure or uncertain origin.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) Barnhart compares Old French baschoe, a wooden or wicker container, and Gascon bascojo, all possibly from Latin bascauda, a kind of basin,^(Barnhart 1988) which Martial said came from Britain and which may be Celtic;^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) the OED doubts this connection.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the compound basketwricte, basket-maker: 1229;^(Barnhart 1988) the vessel itself before 1300 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A basket as the type of daily provisions or of alms is from 1535.^(OED 1989) ''To be left in the basket'', unchosen, and ''to pin the basket'', to conclude, are 17th-century phrases.^(OED 1989) In basketball the goal is from 1892.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Figuratively, a group or range, as a ''basket of currencies'' in economics, is from 1916.^(OED 1989) The structure under a balloon is a later application.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1229 – basketwricte.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * before 1300 – a wicker vessel.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1535 – a type of provisions.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1892 – the basketball goal.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1916 – a range, category.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A container made of woven strips of cane, straw or other flexible material.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The amount a basket holds.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Something like a basket, such as the gondola of a hot-air [[balloon]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(basketball)'' The hoop and net forming the goal, or a goal scored.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[basketful]]

+ * [[basketlike]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[basketball]]

+ * [[basketry]]

+ * [[basketwork]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}