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Where does “asta” come from?

asta (Catalan) comes from Latin hasta, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰast- — rod; pole; bar; switch.

asta (Catalan): flagpole

Definitions

  1. flagpole

Ancestry of “asta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhastaa spear, lance, pike, carried by soldiers and...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰast-rod; pole; bar; switch
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