bassinoire etymology

French word bassinoire comes from French -oire, French bassiner

Detailed word origin of bassinoire

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-oire French (fra) A suffix used on verbs (usually via the Latin supine form) to form masculine or feminine words for places where something is done.. A suffix used on verbs to form usually feminine words for objects or tools used to do something.. A suffix used to form adjectives matched to nouns ending in -ation (or its variants) and derived from a Latin verb.
bassiner French (fra) (transitive) to bathe with a warm liquid. (transitive) to bore. (transitive) to drizzle. (transitive) to pester or annoy. (transitive) to warm a bed with a bassinoire.
bassinoire French (fra) Warming pan.

Words with the same origin as bassinoire

Descendants of -oire
absolutoire antisécrétoire argumentatoire aspiratoire baignoire balançoire bouilloire distillatoire escrire exutoire giratoire glissoire mangeoire mâchoire nageoire passoire pataugeoire pétoire sécrétoire écumoire épilatoire
Descendants of bassiner
bassinage