English

laundry basket

laundry + basket

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- ‘to wash’

Latin lavandaria

Old French lavanderie

Middle English lavendrie ‘a part of a manor or a facility for washing…’

Anglo-Norman bascat

Middle English basket ‘a basket’

Today it means

noun A container, often made of plastic, for holding and transporting clothing and household textiles, especially before and after being laundered.

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

Etymograph / laundry basket