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

  1. to build; to construct; to build up

Ancestry of “bâtir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbastirto build; to construct
2Old Frenchbastirto build; to construct
3Vulgar Latin*bastīre—
4Frankishbastijanto sew, weave; to weave, plait, sew; to plait,...

Words derived from “bâtir”

Every word from Frankish bastijan →Every word from Vulgar Latin *bastīre →Every word from Old French bastir →