Etymology

hastate

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Today it means: Shaped similarly to a halberd, with pointed lobes pointed outward from the base. Full definition →

Middle English hastate ← Latin hastātus
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  1. Latin · derived fromhastātus“armed with a spear”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromhastate
  3. English todayhastate

Inherited from Middle English hastate, borrowed from Latin hastātus (“armed with a spear”), from hasta (“spear”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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