Reconstruction:Latin/basto

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 1

Possibly from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to carry, bear (weight)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasto/

Verb

*bastō (present infinitive *bastāre, perfect active *bastāvī, supine *bastātum); first conjugation (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. be enough or sufficient
2. to carry, support

Descendants

• Asturian: bastar
• Italian: bastare
  • → French: baster
• Old French: baster
  • Middle French: baster (“to put a packsaddle on”)
  • Middle French: bast (“packsaddle”)
    • French: bât
    • English: bastard (perhaps)
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: bastar
  • Portuguese: bastar
• Old Occitan: bastar
  • Catalan: bastar
  • Occitan: bastar
• Old Spanish: bastar
  • Spanish: bastar
• Sicilian: abbastari, vastari (scn)

Etymology 2

From bastum +‎ -ō, -ōn-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basˈtone/ (oblique)

Noun

*bastō m (oblique *bastōnem); third declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. stick, rod

Descendants

• Catalan: bastó
• Italian: bastone
  • → Greek: μπαστούνι (bastoúni)
    • → Bulgarian: бастун (bastun)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: باستون, باسطون (baston)
    • Turkish: baston
    • → Armenian: պաստօն (pastōn)
    • → Laz: ბასთონი (bastoni), ბასტონი (basťoni)
• Old French: baston
  • French: bâton (see there for further descendants)

• Padanian:
  • Lombard: baston
  • Piedmontese: baston
• Old Galician-Portuguese: baston
  • Galician: bastón
  • Portuguese: bastão
• Sicilian: vastuni
• Spanish: bastón, vástago
• → Pontic Greek: μπαστόν (bastón)