Where does “baster” come from?

baster (Middle French) comes from Vulgar Latin basto, from Latin bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω — to lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

baster (Middle French): to put a packsaddle on

Definitions

  1. to put a packsaddle on

Ancestry of “baster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinbastoto suffice; I am enough or sufficient; I suffice;...
2Latinbastāre—
3Ancient Greekβαστάζωto lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

Words derived from “baster”

Every word from Ancient Greek βαστάζω →