bin
English
/bɪn/, /bɪn/, /bɪn/
noun
Definitions
- A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
- A container for rubbish or waste.
- (statistics) Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English binne inherited from Old English binne (manger, crib) derived from Gaulish benna (carriage, four-wheeled cart, cart, caisson).
Origin
Gaulish
benna
Gloss
carriage, four-wheeled cart, cart, caisson
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ash English
- ashbin English
- bag English
- bin tipper English
- binbag English
- binful English
- binlike English
- binload English
- binman English
- binnable English
- binner English
- binology English
- binsite English
- coal English
- coalbin English
- dust English
- dustbin English
- load English
- paste English
- pastebin English
- rebin English
- site English
- tipper English
- waste English
- wastebin English
- wood English
- woodbin English
- benna Latin
- binn Old English
- binne Old English
- binne Middle English
- buinne Irish
- bin Welsh
- buinne Old Irish
- buinne Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *bennā Proto-Celtic
- benna Gaulish