bascauda

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic, from Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”). More at basket.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /basˈkau̯.da/, [bäs̠ˈkäu̯d̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /basˈkau̯.da/, [bäsˈkäːu̯d̪ä]

Noun

bascauda f (genitive bascaudae); first declension

(Late Latin) a woven mat or vessel to hold basketwork

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bascauda	bascaudae
Genitive	bascaudae	bascaudārum
Dative	bascaudae	bascaudīs
Accusative	bascaudam	bascaudās
Ablative	bascaudā	bascaudīs
Vocative	bascauda	bascaudae

Descendants

Old French: bascat
- Norman: basquette
- → Middle English: basket, baskot
  - English: basket
  - Scots: basket
  - Yola: baskaate, baskeat

References

“bascauda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“bascauda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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