Where does “bastasius” come from?

bastasius (Medieval Latin) comes from Latin bastaga, from Ancient Greek βασταγή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

Ancestry of “bastasius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbastagaburden, load; luggage
2Ancient Greekβασταγήtransport
3Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
4Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ