Where does “baston” come from?

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

baston (Middle French): stick, truncheon

Definitions

  1. stick, truncheon

Ancestry of “baston”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbastonstick, truncheon
2Vulgar Latinbastoto suffice; I am enough or sufficient; I suffice;...
3Latinbastāre—
4Ancient Greekβαστάζωto lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...
Every word from Ancient Greek βαστάζω →Every word from Latin bastāre →Every word from Vulgar Latin basto →