Etymology

baston

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Today it means: A staff or cudgel. Full definition →

Middle English baston ← Old French baston
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baston · noun1

  1. Old French · derived frombaston
  2. Middle English · inherited frombaston
  3. English todaybaston

From Middle English baston, from Old French baston. Doublet of baton.

Baston · proper noun2

  1. Old French · derived frombastun“stick”
  2. English todayBaston

From the French and English surname, from Old French bastun (“stick”).

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