BIN  , a receptacle of various kinds, originally of wicker or See also:

• BASKET

basket See also:

• WORK

work . The word appears in most See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf . M.L. and Ital. benna, Ger . Benne, &c.; etymologists trace the word to a See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root meaning " to See also:

• PLAIT (through O. Fr. pleit, from Lat. plicitum, folded, plicare, to fold)

plait." It survives in various connexions, e.g. dust-bin, See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine-bin (for holding bottles), See also:

• HOP (Ger. Hopfen, Fr. houblon)

hop-bin, See also:

• COAL

coal-bin, See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn-bin .