Where does “steel” come from?
steel (English) comes from English Bastille, from French Bastille, from Middle French bastille, from Old French baastel, from Occitan bastida, from Occitan bastir, from Vulgar Latin *bastīre, from Frankish bastijan — to sew, weave; to weave, plait, sew; to plait,...
steel (English): An artificial metal produced from iron, harder...
Definitions
- An artificial metal produced from iron, harder...
Ancestry of “steel”, step by step
steel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Bastille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bastille | A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution |
| 2 | French | Bastille | Bastille |
| 3 | Middle French | bastille | — |
| 4 | Old French | baastel | — |
| 5 | Occitan | bastida | — |
| 6 | Occitan | bastir | to build; to construct |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *bastīre | — |
| 8 | Frankish | bastijan | to sew, weave; to weave, plait, sew; to plait,... |