Where does “batiman” come from?
batiman (Haitian Creole) comes from French bâtiment, from Middle French bastiment, from Old French bastissement, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
batiman (Haitian Creole): building
Definitions
- building
Ancestry of “batiman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bâtiment | building, edifice; ship or boat; warship |
| 2 | Middle French | bastiment | building |
| 3 | Old French | bastissement | building; construction; act of building |
| 4 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |