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Where does “bastillion” come from?

bastillion (French) comes 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,...

Ancestry of “bastillion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchBastille—
2Middle Frenchbastille—
3Old Frenchbaastel—
4Occitanbastida—
5Occitanbastirto build; to construct
6Vulgar Latin*bastīre—
7Frankishbastijanto sew, weave; to weave, plait, sew; to plait,...

Words derived from “bastillion”

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