Etymograph

English

bin

Bin comes from Middle English bynne ‘a manger’, and goes back to Old English binn.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150binn‘crib, manger’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bynne‘a manger’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1973bin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150binn‘crib, manger’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bynne‘a manger’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1973bin

Earliest quotation: 1973, New Scientist: “At the moment, and in "an emergency", you or…”

Every English word from Old English binn

Another origin of bin

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentبِنbin‘son’
  2. Englishtodaybin

Today it means

noun A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old English binn / bin

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