English
baste
Baste comes from Old French bastir ‘build, construct, sew up (a garment)’, and goes back to Frankish *bastijan.
- Frankishc. 250–700*bastijanreconstructed
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*bastīre‘to build, construct’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400bastir‘build, construct, sew up (a garment)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1991baste
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frankishc. 250–700*bastijanreconstructed
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*bastīre‘to build, construct’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400bastir‘build, construct, sew up (a garment)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1991baste
Earliest quotation: 1991, J.F. Pirro, Custom Work: “He bastes the coat together with thick white thread…”
Every English word from Frankish *bastijan
Another origin of baste
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰask-‘bundle’uncertain
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*baskis‘bundle’uncertain
- Gaulishc. 500 BCE–500 CEsame formuncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbacca‘wine jug’uncertain
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*baccinum‘a wide bowl’uncertain
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400bacin‘basin’uncertain
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400basser‘moisten, soak’uncertain
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500basten
- Englishtodaybaste
Today it means
verb To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Frankish *bastijan / baste