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Where does “bastón” come from?

bastón (Spanish) comes from French bâton, from Latin bastum, from Vulgar Latin basto, from Latin bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω — to lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

bastón (Spanish): walking stick, staff, cane; baton; riband

Definitions

  1. walking stick, staff, cane; baton; riband

Ancestry of “bastón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbâtonstick; baton
2LatinbastumA stick
3Vulgar Latinbastoto suffice; I am enough or sufficient; I suffice;...
4Latinbastāre—
5Ancient Greekβαστάζωto lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

Words derived from “bastón”

  • bastinado
  • bastinade
  • bastonada
  • bastonazo
  • bastonear
  • bastonnade
  • bâtonnade
  • promenbastono
  • bastono
  • bastoneto
  • bastonnade
  • bastonnade
  • baston
  • baston
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