Where does “bascoll” come from?
bascoll (Catalan) comes from Catalan bat, from English bat, from French bât, from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin bastum, from Latin bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω — to lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...
Ancestry of “bascoll”, step by step
bascoll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan bat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | bat | a place exposed to the elements |
| 2 | English | bat | Any of the flying mammals of the order... |
| 3 | French | bât | packsaddle |
| 4 | Old French | bast | packsaddle |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | bastum | A stick |
| 6 | Latin | bastāre | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βαστάζω | to lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry... |
via Catalan coll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | coll | neck; throat; collar |
| 2 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 3 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |