English
canastero
Canastero comes from Spanish canastero ‘basket-maker’, and goes back to Ancient Greek κάναστρον.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκάναστρον‘basket of reeds’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanistrum‘wicker basket’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*cannastrareconstructed
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcanasta‘basket’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcanastero‘basket-maker’
- Englishtodaycanastero
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκάναστρον‘basket of reeds’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanistrum‘wicker basket’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*cannastrareconstructed
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcanasta‘basket’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcanastero‘basket-maker’
- Englishtodaycanastero
Linked words
through Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 ‘reed’
channel, canada, cane, cannula, cannoli, canna, 15 more
through Ancient Greek κάννα ‘reed’
canon, cannon, canal, kennel, kanon, 8 more
through Latin canistrum ‘wicker basket’
Today it means
noun Any of a number of species of small passerine birds of South America, in the genera Asthenes and Pseudasthenes. The genus Asthenes also comprises thistletails and Itatiaia spinebird.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek κάναστρον / canastero