http://tintedpane.com/wp/2004/10/27/etymology/ my little soapbox. Sun, 20 May 2012 14:18:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://tintedpane.com/wp/2004/10/27/etymology/#comment-246 will Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:49:20 +0000 http://tintedpane.com/wp/2004/10/27/etymology/#comment-246 Bastard -- circa 1223, "illegitimate child," from O.Fr., "child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife," probably from fils de bast "packsaddle son," meaning a child conceived on an improvised bed (saddles often doubled as beds while traveling), with pejorative ending -art. Alternate possibly is that the word is from P.Gmc. *banstiz "barn," equally suggestive of low origin. Not always regarded as a stigma; the Conqueror is referred to in state documents as **"William the Bastard."** Figurative sense is from 1552; use as a vulgar term of abuse for a man is attested from 1830. Bastardize "debase" is from 1587. Bastard — circa 1223, “illegitimate child,” from O.Fr., “child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife,” probably from fils de bast “packsaddle son,” meaning a child conceived on an improvised bed (saddles often doubled as beds while traveling), with pejorative ending -art. Alternate possibly is that the word is from P.Gmc. *banstiz “barn,” equally suggestive of low origin. Not always regarded as a stigma; the Conqueror is referred to in state documents as **”William the Bastard.”** Figurative sense is from 1552; use as a vulgar term of abuse for a man is attested from 1830. Bastardize “debase” is from 1587.

]]> http://tintedpane.com/wp/2004/10/27/etymology/#comment-247 Aaron Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:05:30 +0000 http://tintedpane.com/wp/2004/10/27/etymology/#comment-247 lol! lol!

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