wastina

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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wastīna f (genitive wastīnae); first declension[1][2]

  1. (Medieval Latin) wasteland, uncultivated land

Declension

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “warda”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1130
  2. ^ wastina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)