Where does “Bastille” come from?
Bastille (French) comes 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,...
Ancestry of “Bastille”, step by step
Words derived from “Bastille”