Where does “abastardir” come from?

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

Words derived from “abastardir”

Every word from Proto-Italic *ad- →Every word from Latin ad- →Every word from Old French a- →