Where does “bastion” come from?

bastion (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Italian bastione, from French bastion, from Middle French bastion, from Old French bastille — fortress.

bastion (Norwegian Bokmål): a bastion

Definitions

  1. a bastion

Ancestry of “bastion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbastionebastion; battlements
2Frenchbastionbastion; stronghold
3Middle Frenchbastion—
4Old Frenchbastillefortress
Every word from Old French bastille →Every word from Middle French bastion →Every word from French bastion →