English
bash
Bash comes from Middle English *basshen.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*basshenreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1937bash
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*basshenreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1937bash
Earliest quotation: 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range: “It was planned that the sick men were to…”
Every English word from Middle English *basshen
Today it means
verb To strike heavily; to beat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English *basshen / bash