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Reconstruction:Latin/basto
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Proto-Italo-Western Romance) IPA(key): /ˈbasto/
Etymology 1
Possibly from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to carry, bear (weight)”).[1]
Verb
*bastō (present infinitive *bastāre, perfect active *bastāvī, supine *bastātum); first conjugation[1]
- I am enough or sufficient; I suffice
Inflection
Italo-Western Romance conjugation of *bastō
| infinitive | *bastárę | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | *bastántẹs | ||||||
| gerund | *bastándọ | ||||||
| past participle | *bastátọ | ||||||
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| simple tenses | present | *bástọ | *bástas | *bástat | *bastámọs | *bastátẹs | *bástant |
| imperfect | *bastávã | *bastávas | *bastávat | *bastavámọs | *bastavátẹs | *bastávant | |
| perfect | *bastái | *bastásti | *bastáút | *bastámmọs | *bastástẹs | *bastárọnt | |
| pluperfect | *bastárã | *bastáras | *bastárat | *bastarámọs | *bastarátẹs | *bastárant | |
| future perfect | *bastárẽ | *bastárẹs | *bastárẹt | *bastárẹmọs | *bastárẹtẹs | *bastárẹnt | |
| future | *bastárę áviọ | *bastárę ávẹs | *bastárę ávęt | *bastárę avẹ́mọs | *bastárę avẹ́tẹs | *bastárę ávęnt | |
| compound tenses | perfect | *áviọ bastátọ | *ávẹs bastátọ | *ávęt bastátọ | *avẹ́mọs bastátọ | *avẹ́tẹs bastátọ | *ávęnt bastátọ |
| pluperfect | *avẹ́vã bastátọ | *avẹ́vas bastátọ | *avẹ́vat bastátọ | *avẹvámọ bastátọ | *avẹvátẹs bastátọ | *avẹ́vant bastátọ | |
| future perfect | *avẹ́rę áviọ bastátọ | *avẹ́rę ávẹs bastátọ | *avẹ́rę ávęt bastátọ | *avẹ́rę avẹ́mọs bastátọ | *avẹ́rę avẹ́tẹs bastátọ | *avẹ́rę ávęnt bastátọ | |
| conditional | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| present | *bastárę avẹ́vã | *bastárę avẹ́vas | *bastárę avẹ́vat | *bastárę avẹvámọs | *bastárę avẹvátẹs | *bastárę avẹ́vant | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| present | *bástẽ | *bástẹs | *bástęt | *bastẹ́mọs | *bastẹ́tẹs | *bástęnt | |
| imperfect | *bastárẽ | *bastárẹs | *bastáręt | *bastarẹ́mọs | *bastarẹ́tẹs | *bastáręnt | |
| pluperfect | *bastássẽ | *bastássẹs | *bastássęt | *bastassẹ́mọs | *bastassẹ́tẹs | *bastássęnt | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| — | second | — | — | second | — | ||
| present | — | *básta | — | — | *bastátę | — | |
Descendants
- Asturian: bastar
- Italian: bastare
- → French: baster
- Old French: baster
- Middle French: baster
- Old 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.
Noun
*bastō m (oblique *bastōnem); third declension
- stick, rod
Descendants
- Catalan: bastó
- Italian: bastone
- → Greek: μπαστούνι (bastoúni)
- → Bulgarian: бастун (bastun)
- → Turkish: baston
- → Greek: μπαστούνι (bastoúni)
- Old French: baston
- French: bâton (see there for further descendants)
- Old Portuguese: baston
- Galician: bastón
- Portuguese: bastão
- Sicilian: vastuni
- Spanish: bastón, vástago
- → Pontic Greek: μπαστόν (bastón)
References
- Coromines, Joan (1961), “BASTAR”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 89