wastina

Latin

Alternative forms

• wostina, vastina, gastina, wastinia, wastena

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *wōstini (“desert, wilderness, waste”). Alternatively, though less likely due to the alternative forms listed above, from vastō (“to devastate, ravage or lay waste”) +‎ -īna.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯asˈtiː.na/, [u̯äs̠ˈt̪iːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vasˈti.na/, [väsˈt̪iːnä]

Nomen

wastīna f (genitive wastīnae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) wasteland, uncultivated land

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wastīna	wastīnae
Genitive	wastīnae	wastīnārum
Dative	wastīnae	wastīnīs
Accusative	wastīnam	wastīnās
Ablative	wastīnā	wastīnīs
Vocative	wastīna	wastīnae

Descendants

• Old French: gastine, wastine, guastine
  • Middle French: gastine
    • French: gâtine
  • → Middle English: wastyne, wastayne, wastene, wasteyn, wasteyne, wastin, wastine