Where does “Bastille” come from?
Bastille (English) comes from French Bastille, from Middle French bastille, from Old French baastel, from Occitan bastida, from Occitan bastir, from Vulgar Latin *bastīre, from Frankish bastijan — to sew, weave; to weave, plait, sew; to plait,...
Bastille (English): A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution
Definitions
- A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution
Ancestry of “Bastille”, step by step
Bastille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French Bastille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Bastille | Bastille |
| 2 | Middle French | bastille | — |
| 3 | Old French | baastel | — |
| 4 | Occitan | bastida | — |
| 5 | Occitan | bastir | to build; to construct |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *bastīre | — |
| 7 | Frankish | bastijan | to sew, weave; to weave, plait, sew; to plait,... |
via Middle English bastile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | bastile | — |