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Where does “bastionare” come from?

bastionare (Italian) comes from Italian bastione, from French bastion, from Middle French bastion, from Old French bastille — fortress.

bastionare (Italian): To rampart

Definitions

  1. To rampart

Ancestry of “bastionare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbastionebastion; battlements
2Frenchbastionbastion; stronghold
3Middle Frenchbastion—
4Old Frenchbastillefortress
Every word from Old French bastille →