bastard
Middle English
/ˈbastard/
noun
Definitions
- an illegitimate child, especially a noble one; a bastard
- a kind of fortified wine, often with spices added
- (rare) a heretic or sinner; one separated from one's deity
- (rare) a dog that isn't purebred; a mutt or mongrel
- (rare) a botanical tendril or offshoot
Etymology
Borrowed from bastard (illegitimate child) affix from Middle English bast (illegitimacy).
Origin
Middle English
bast
Gloss
illegitimacy
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bast English
- bastard English
- bastard-dom English
- bastardhood English
- bastarding English
- bastardise English
- bastardish English
- bastardism English
- bastardization English
- bastardize English
- bastardless English
- bastardlike English
- bastardling English
- bastardly English
- bastardness English
- bastardry English
- bastardship English
- bastardy English
- bastardus Latin
- *banstiz Proto-Germanic
- bæst Old English
- bast Middle English
- bastardie Middle English
- bastard Irish
- bastarðr Old Norse
- bastard Danish
- bastard Old French
- bastaert Middle Dutch
- bâtard Norman
- bastard Middle French
- bastardie Middle French
- bâtard Middle French
- bastardo Old Portuguese
- *bāst Frankish
- bastet Tok Pisin
- bastard xno
- bastardus LL