Where does “bastión” come from?

bastión (Spanish) comes from Italian bastione, from French bastion, from Middle French bastion, from Old French bastille — fortress.

bastión (Spanish): bastion, bulwark

Definitions

  1. bastion, bulwark

Ancestry of “bastión”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbastionebastion; battlements
2Frenchbastionbastion; stronghold
3Middle Frenchbastion
4Old Frenchbastillefortress

Words derived from “bastión

Every word from Old French bastilleEvery word from Middle French bastionEvery word from French bastion
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