Reconstruction:Latin/bastire

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *bastijan (“to sew, weave”).

Verb

*bastīre

1. to build, construct
2. to sew, weave

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: bastire
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: bastir
  • Occitan: bastir
  • Old French: bastir (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: bastir
    • Galician: bastir
    • Portuguese: bastir
  • → Old Spanish: bastir
    • Spanish: bastir