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Where does “abastardir” come from?

abastardir (Middle French) comes from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad-.

abastardir (Middle French): to spoil; to worsen; to degrade

Definitions

  1. to spoil; to worsen; to degrade

Ancestry of “abastardir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencha-indicating movement towards something;...
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Proto-Italic*ad-—

Words derived from “abastardir”

  • abastardize
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