Where does “bastion” come from?

Bastion comes from French bastion, derived from Old French bastille meaning a fortified tower, which traces back through Latin bastile and bastire to Frankish bastijan.

bastion (English): A projecting part of a rampart or other...

Definitions

  1. A projecting part of a rampart or other...

Ancestry of “bastion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbastionbastion; stronghold
2Middle Frenchbastion
3Old Frenchbastillefortress

Words derived from “bastion

Every word from Old French bastilleEvery word from Middle French bastionEvery word from French bastion