Where does “baste” come from?
Baste comes from Old French bastir, from Old French basser, from Frankish bastijan, from Latin baccinum, from Latin bacca, from Latin baca, from Proto-Celtic baskis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰask-.
baste (English): To sew with long or loose stitches, as for...
Definitions
- To sew with long or loose stitches, as for...
Ancestry of “baste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | basten | — |
| 2 | Old French | basser | moisten, soak |
| 3 | Old French | bacin | basin |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | baccinum | wide bowl |
| 5 | Late Latin | bacca | wine jug |
Words derived from “baste”