Where does “bastir” come from?

bastir (Middle French) comes from Old French bastir, from Vulgar Latin *bastīre, from Frankish bastijan — to sew, weave; to weave, plait, sew; to plait,...

bastir (Middle French): to build; to construct

Definitions

  1. to build; to construct

Ancestry of “bastir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbastirto build; to construct
2Vulgar Latin*bastīre—
3Frankishbastijanto sew, weave; to weave, plait, sew; to plait,...

Words derived from “bastir”

Every word from Frankish bastijan →Every word from Vulgar Latin *bastīre →Every word from Old French bastir →
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