Where does “abastardize” come from?
abastardize (English) comes from Middle French abastardir, from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad- — ad.
abastardize (English): To stigmatize as a bastard; debase
Definitions
- To stigmatize as a bastard; debase
Ancestry of “abastardize”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | abastardir | to spoil; to worsen; to degrade |
| 2 | Old French | a- | indicating movement towards something;... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *ad- | ad |