Etymology of the English word wastebasket
the English word
wastebasketderived from the English word
wastederived from the Anglo-French word
wasterderived from the Latin word
vastare (lay waste, ravage, devastate)
derived from the Latin word
vastus (huge, vast; monstrous)
derived from the Late Latin word
vanus (empty, vain; false)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*euə-derived from the North French word
wasterderived from the Latin word
vastare (lay waste, ravage, devastate)
derived from the Latin word
vastus (huge, vast; monstrous)
derived from the Late Latin word
vanus (empty, vain; false)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*euə-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wakojanderived from the English word
basketderived from the Anglo-Norman word
basketderived from the English word
ballderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*balluzderived from the English root
*beallderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-Usage
Word found in Modern English
