LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

bastīre

*bastīre

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionto build, construct
  2. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionto sew, weave

Origins

  1. Proto-West Germanic*bast
  2. Latinbastīre

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

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanbastir
  • Occitanbastir
  • Portuguesebastirfrom Old Galician-Portuguese bastir
  • Spanishbastirfrom Old Spanish bastir
  • Old Frenchbastir
  • Asturianbastiarfrom Old Leonese bastir
  • Asturianbastirfrom Old Leonese bastir
  • Galicianbastirfrom Old Galician-Portuguese bastir
Italo-Romance
  • Italianbastire

Quick answers

What does bastīre mean in Latin?
bastīre, a verb, means “to build, construct; to sew, weave”.
Where does bastīre come from?
Proto-West Germanic *bast → Latin bastīre.