Where does “baster” come from?
baster (English) comes from English baste, from Middle English basten, from Old French basser, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin baccinum, from Late Latin bacca — wine jug.
baster (English): One who bastes; A tool for basting meat with fat...
Definitions
- One who bastes; A tool for basting meat with fat...
Ancestry of “baster”, step by step
baster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English baste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | baste | To sew with long or loose stitches, as for... |
| 2 | Middle English | basten | — |
| 3 | Old French | basser | moisten, soak |
| 4 | Old French | bacin | basin |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | baccinum | wide bowl |
| 6 | Late Latin | bacca | wine jug |
via Dutch bastaard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bastaard | A bastard, person born to unmarried parents; in... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bastaert | — |
| 3 | Old French | bastard | bastard person conceived to unmarried parents |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | bastardus | illegitimate child |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | banstuz | bond, tie |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |