Where does “bastinade” come from?
bastinade (English) comes from French bastonnade, from Middle French bastonnade, from Spanish bastonada, from Spanish -ada, from Spanish -ado, from Old Spanish -ado, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos.
bastinade (English): A blow with a stick or cudgel; A sound beating...
Definitions
- A blow with a stick or cudgel; A sound beating...
Ancestry of “bastinade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | bastonnade | caning, any beating with a stick; specifically,... |
| 2 | Middle French | bastonnade | beating |
| 3 | Spanish | bastonada | beating with a stick or cane |
| 4 | Spanish | -ada | Used with a stem to form the feminine singular... |
| 5 | Spanish | -ado | Suffix indicating the masculine singular past... |
| 6 | Old Spanish | -ado | — |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |