Where does “westim” come from?

westim (Tok Pisin) comes from English waste, from Middle English wasten, from Old Northern French waster — to waste, devastate.

westim (Tok Pisin): to waste

Definitions

  1. to waste

Ancestry of “westim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwasteExcess of material, useless by-products or...
2Middle Englishwastento waste, lay waste
3Old Northern Frenchwasterto waste, devastate
Every word from Old Northern French waster →Every word from Middle English wasten →Every word from English waste →