gastine

Old French

Alternative forms

• wastine, guastine

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Latin wastīna, from Frankish *wōstini; equivalent to gast +‎ -ine.

Noun

gastine oblique singular, f (oblique plural gastines, nominative singular gastine, nominative plural gastines)

1. pillaging; looting
2. wasteland; deserted, barren area

Descendants

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