Where does “bâtir” come from?
bâtir (French) comes from Middle French bastir, from Old French bastir, from Vulgar Latin *bastīre, from Frankish bastijan — to sew, weave; to weave, plait, sew; to plait,...
bâtir (French): to build; to construct; to build up
Definitions
- to build; to construct; to build up
Ancestry of “bâtir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | bastir | to build; to construct |
| 2 | Old French | bastir | to build; to construct |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *bastīre | — |
| 4 | Frankish | bastijan | to sew, weave; to weave, plait, sew; to plait,... |
Words derived from “bâtir”